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The data from the spring term 2021/22 has been released and shows an increase in exclusions from the autumn term that year and a huge increase in suspensions, up by almost 20,000.

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have produced a new online training course free to practitioners to support them when delivering annual reviews.

Let Teachers SHINE is an annual competition from the education charity SHINE which supports teachers developing innovative practices for the classroom.


- DfE
A call for evidence has been launched by the Department for Education to improve the way children missing education (CME) are identified and supported.

- Assistive Technology
Today the House of Lords is due to debate a question from Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) around the Government’s assessment of the use of Assistive Technology (AT) to support people with special educational needs and / or disability (SEND).

nasen is proud to be working on a project with funding from the Thomas Pocklington Trust titled “Accessing the Future - improving outcomes for VI learners in post-16”.

- DfE
New guidance has been published by the Department for Education to come into effect from September 2023 regarding the use of permanent exclusions and suspensions.

The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, has published the first part of her research into vulnerable young people and their attendance in school, identifying looked after children as the first group that are part of her statutory responsibility

The NFER have published their Impact Review with research from almost 17,000 schools taking part in their research and assessment trials across 2022.

The Anna Freud Centre are hosting a webinar which aims to provide an introduction to the Lundy model in participation and co-production, both of which are at the heart of family hubs.

INTERACT is investigating intensive interaction as a support for communication skills in children and young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

A new research paper in the Psychology of Education Review has explored the reasons that schools do not employ alternative behaviour approaches within settings.

- Assistive Technology
CENMAC (Centre for Micro-Assisted Communication) is continuing to host their Thursday Thirty Online Training through the summer term.

- Visual Impairment
- VI
- post-16
nasen is proud to be working on a project with funding from the Thomas Pocklington Trust titled “Accessing the Future - improving outcomes for VI learners in post-16”.

- ofsted
Parliament’s Education Committee has launched an inquiry into Ofsted’s work with schools.

- nasen Live
- nasen
With just three weeks to go until the return of our unmissable annual SEND conference, nasen Live, we wanted to give you a little taste of what’s in store for 2023!

- Assistive Technology
The ATech Policy Lab has published a report into the awareness and use of ATech across frontline workers in public service.

- DfE
- artificial intelligence
The Department for Education has launched a call for evidence on generative artificial intelligence use in education to the sector.

- BSL
- British Sign Language
Students will soon be able to study British Sign Language (BSL) as a GCSE following a consultation into the course content.