Keep up to date with all of the latest news, headlines and features from across the SEND sector.
The government have issued new guidance to schools on how they are to report and allocate funding from the pupil premium grant for 2021 to 2022.
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or requiring alternative provision in England are set to benefit from an investment of £280 million over the next financial year, the government has announced today (09 April).
On Bank Holiday Monday, 5th April 2021, the government issued updated guidance for schools.
The Department for Education (DfE) are recruiting to the post of Deputy Director of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Policy and Strategy Division
The All Party Parliamentary group for SEND have issued their report into the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on educational transitions for young people with SEND
As part of nasen’s DfE-funded work with the Early Years SEND Partnership Project, we are delighted to announce the following National Seminars hosted by nasen and our partner organisations which address different aspects of SEND in the Early Years.
A study from the University of Sussex, has been released today. The paper examines the perspectives of parents of children with SEND and their experiences of the return to school in September 2020 and home-learning during the latest lockdown.
CSJ Disability Commission has published a report "Now is the Time", the report outlines several major barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing and staying in employment and from being able to live independently
A landmark study from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), Identifying pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), has highlighted “deeply concerning” inconsistencies in how children with SEND in England are identified and supported.
A consultation on the arrangements for the autumn series of examinations for England has been opened today (17th March).
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Education Technology, chaired by Damian Hinds MP, has published it’s report on ‘Lessons from Lockdown: What we learned about Education Technology in 2020’.
With school attendance becoming mandatory from today, Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families,released on Friday a letter for parents & carers of children & young people with SEND and the families that support them.
In response to results of a YouGov poll, Ofsted have published a video highlighting their research into how remote learning has been working for children and young people with SEND.
Gavin Williamson has issued a letter to education leaders praising them on their hard work throughout the pandemic and especially praised those specialist provisions that have remained fully open during the latest lockdown.
nasen are delighted to announce the arrival of a set of new resources for the Resilience Development Pack.
The report ‘Education in times of crisis: Effective approaches to distance learning’ has been published after assembling the latest pedagogical research and analyses from the current pandemic from around the world.
The DfE are putting out an open call to schools and colleges across the country asking them to send in video blogs that can be amplified on DfE social media channels, and are particularly after participation from settings with a SEND background.
The government has begun consultation on proposed initial changes to the High Needs National Funding Formula (NFF) as part of a longer-term review of the NFF.
Delivered by nasen, this online interactive course will involve four one-hour sessions over four weeks, and will look at effective teaching techniques for pupils with SEND.
Professor Adam Boddison shares his wealth of knowledge and expertise to explore the role and expectations of governance in relation to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and inclusion.
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