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The Whole School SEND consortium regularly publishes resources to support you with all aspects of SEND. These include our SEND Review Guides and Frameworks, leaflets for parents, practical resources to support your work in educational settings, resources for specific contexts such as CPDL webinar recordings and more.

As a member of nasen and the Whole School SEND Member Community, you have free access to all of our resources – scroll through, use the filters or search for a specific resource. 

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Self-assessment of needs and reasonable adjustment plan

  • General
  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
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Planning
Self-assessment
Strategy

This plan is owned by you. It should enable you to share your strategies for managing your learning needs with those around you, but it is your decision to share it and cannot be shared by others without your express permission.

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The Importance of Literacy Education for All – The Teach Us Too Perspective.

  • General
  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Wider Resources
literacy

A video about "Teach Us Too", a charity promoting the right for all children to be taught to read and write, whatever their label or diagnosis.

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The teacher I think I am affects the teacher I can be. I am a teacher of everyone.

  • General
  • 14 Dec 2021
Free
Wider Resources
Identity

If you are asked to describe your teacher identity, you may find this difficult to articulate. However, if someone asks you what you think is important to the role of a teacher, you would probably be able to give an answer without too much delay.

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Calthorpe Academy Pastoral and Safeguarding Pack

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  • 17 Nov 2021
Free
SPA
specialist

A pastoral and safeguarding pack created by Calthorpe Academy.

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Frank Wise School Assessing Intellectual and Reasoning Skills

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  • 28 Oct 2021
Free
SPA
specialist

This document from Frank Wise school offers the rationale behind the assessments, assessment pro forma and a list of suitable resources to deliver them with.

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Frank Wise School Post-16 Curriculum Framework

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  • 28 Oct 2021
Free
SPA
specialist

This document outlines Frank Wise School's approach to context based education in the community, how it links to assessment and how it is evaluated.

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The SEND Code of Practice for Special School Governors and Trustees

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  • 28 Oct 2021
Free
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specialist

This presentation, created by Whole School SEND National Coordinator Erica Wolstenholme, explores and presents the SEND Code of Practice and national SEND data specifically for special school governors and trustees.

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Frank Wise School 2019 Curriculum Framework

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  • 28 Oct 2021
Free
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specialist

Frank Wise has been judged to be ‘Outstanding’ several times and it is the Curriculum Framework which sits as the foundation to that success. The document outlines the school’s approach to Curriculum, how it links to assessment and how it is evaluated.

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Anti-Bullying Alliance resources

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  • 05 Jul 2021
Free
Consortium Partner resource

Free resources on Bullying and SEND from the Anti-Bullying Alliance, including CPD online training

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Astrea Academy Trust resources

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  • 14 Apr 2021
Free
Consortium Partner resource

Free resources from the Astrea Academy Trust

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NASS resources

  • General
  • 13 Apr 2021
Free
Consortium Partner resource
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DLD Guide

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  • 13 Apr 2021
Free

A guide for every teacher on supporting children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in mainstream schools.

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Real Training resources

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  • 11 Apr 2021
Free
Consortium Partner resource

Free resources available through Real Training, part of our consortium partner Real Group

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Special Needs Jungle resources

  • General
  • 10 Apr 2021
Free
Consortium Partner resource

The SNJ/DfE SEND system Flow Charts

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UKABIF resources

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  • 09 Apr 2021
Free
Consortium Partner resource

Free resources available through our consortium partner, UKABIF

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Youth Sports Trust resources

  • General
  • 08 Apr 2021
Free
Consortium Partner resource

Free resources from the Youth Sports Trust

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The Autism Resource Suite

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  • 30 Mar 2021
Free
autism
autism

The latest guidelines, resources and practical strategies for education professionals supporting autistic learners.

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Deploying Specialists in Mainstream Settings to Improve Outcomes for Learners with SEND

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  • 24 Mar 2021
Free

The Sea View Trust and East Lancashire Inclusion Partnership, supported by Blackpool Research School, undertook research to provide an in-depth understanding of the effective deployment of specialists in mainstream settings

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Securing Good Transitions: A resource pack to support the next steps of Key Stage 4 pupils with SEND

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  • 03 Feb 2021
Free
PfA
PfAEY
Questions to support young people with SEND and families in conversation with schools

Ask, Listen, Do: Understanding SEN Support

  • General
  • 12 Jan 2021
Free

Questions to support young people with SEND and families in conversation with schools