Resources and Publications
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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Latest Resources
Transition Planning for Year 11
- General
- 13 Jul 2020
This leaflet, funded by the Department for Education, and developed by families as part of NHS England's Ask Listen Do project, is intended to help build partnership between families and the school.
Webinar: Effective Use of the SENCO Deployment Guide
- Webcasts
- 10 Jul 2020
An introduction to best use of the SENCO Deployment Guide to ensure that their leadership of SEND is purposeful and progressive.
Webinar: How to plan for pupils with SEND to return to school
- Webcasts
- 08 Jul 2020
A webinar designed to help with transition in response to the Covid-19 situation and school lockdowns.
Webinar: Rebuilding Trust
- Webcasts
- 07 Jul 2020
The third webinar in our series: Returning to School and Making Use of Trauma-Informed Approaches
Webinar: Back to School - Successful Transition Through Parental Engagement
- Webcasts
- 25 Jun 2020
This webinar focuses on guidance to work and support parents during their child's transition back to school.
Webinar: Governor Accountability for Securing High-Quality Outcomes for Learners with SEND
- Webcasts
- 24 Jun 2020
A webinar aimed specifically at governors exploring how governors can help secure good outcomes for pupils with SEND.
Webinar: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe and What to Do When It Goes Wrong
- Webcasts
- 23 Jun 2020
The second session in our webinar series: Returning to School and Making Use of Trauma-Informed Approaches.
Webinar: Securing Success Following Lockdown - Behaviour Strategies
- Webcasts
- 16 Jun 2020
A webinar exploring how behaviour may present after Covid-19 and what strategies can be implemented to support pupils returning to school.
Webinar: Connection, community, relationships: social-emotional learning to rebuild after Covid-19
- Webcasts
- 15 Jun 2020
Delivered in partnership with Achievement for All, this webinar looks at developing the social and learning skills vital to successful learning.
Webinar: Five Key Considerations for Everyone's Wellbeing
- Webcasts
- 09 Jun 2020
This webinar presents the first session in a webinar series: Returning to School and Making Use of Trauma-Informed Approaches
Webinar: Transition for SEND pupils in mainstream settings
- Webcasts
- 20 May 2020
A webinar giving advice and ideas on how to support transition for pupils with SEND using materials produced by Whole School SEND.
Webinar: Introduction to the WSS Review Guides
- Webcasts
- 15 May 2020
An introductory session explaining how each guide can be used and applied to different settings.
EY SENCO job description
- General
- 04 Apr 2019
This document is intended as guidance for early years providers and practitioners to help clarify the role of the Early Years SENCO in non-maintained early years settings.
L2 Early Years SEND Qualification specification
- General
- 19 Jul 2018
The intention of the qualification is to provide a small qualification with a focus on supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in the early years.
EY SENCO L3 qualification specification
- General
- 04 Apr 2018
The qualifications developed from this specification are intended to support early years practitioners to gain accreditation for the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to perform the Early Years SENCO role effectively.
SEN support: research evidence on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges
- General
- 01 Jan 2018
A resource for mainstream leaders, teaching and support staff working with pupils and students with special educational needs and learning difficulties and disabilities
Oak National Academy C-STEP Principle Poster
- General
- 01 Jan 1950
This inclusive poster and prompt illustrates the C-STEP Principle, developed by the Oak Academy team as a tool to encourage and champion accessible, inclusive and aspirational practice.
Calthorpe Academy School Development Plan
- General
- 01 Jan 1950
An example school development plan from Calthorpe Academy.
Calthorpe Academy Staffing Think Piece
- General
- 01 Jan 1950
This think piece, from Calthorpe Academy, is an example of how Heads in a local area could work together to share information that could be used for governance discussions.