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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 COVID, 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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nasen and WSS member newsletter March 2023

  • General
  • 16 Apr 2022
Free
WSS enews

Welcome to your March update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.

nasen and WSS member newsletter February 2023

  • General
  • 16 Apr 2022
Free
WSS enews

Welcome to your February update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.

nasen and WSS member newsletter January 2023

  • General
  • 16 Apr 2022
Free
WSS enews

Welcome to your January update, full of SEND CPD opportunities to help support your ambitions for an inclusive learning environment.

male teacher speaking with a parent of a secondary school age girl

SEND Development Pathways for the School Workforce: Guidance Document including self-study materials

SEND Development Pathways for the School Workforce Guidance Document V10 - FINAL.pdf
  • General
  • 31 Mar 2022
Free
Pathways Guidance Document

This is a ‘How to Guide’ to support both Pathway participants (school workforce), and their line managers, in using the SEND Development Pathways resources to support ongoing continuing professional development.

students sitting in a lecture hall

SEND Development Pathways interactive PowerPoint

  • General
  • 31 Mar 2022
Free
Pathways interactive Powerpoint

The SEND Development Pathways are largely based around free-to-access CPD resources (including those produced by Whole School SEND (WSS), consortium partners and other organisations).

Young child sitting on a chair with a teacher next to her both looking at an iPad

SEND Development Pathways for the School Workforce: Talking Head

  • General
  • 31 Mar 2022
Free
Pathways interactive Powerpoint

This is a Talking Head video with Andy O'Brien, an Assistant Headteacher at Tor View School. In this video, Andy describes his career pathway from Specialist Teaching Assistant to Specialist Middle Leader.

SEND Development Pathways for the School Workforce: Reflective eLearning Journal

Reflective eLearning Journal.docx
  • General
  • 31 Mar 2022
Free
Pathways Guidance Document

The Reflective eLearning Journal is intended to support participants, and their line managers in the discipline of self-study.

image shows two children playing a game at a table

School improvement for SEND: Learning Cycle Template

Learning Cycle Template_0 (1).pptx
  • General
  • 31 Mar 2022
Free
School improvement for SEND

A diagram to use when identifying, implementing, and evaluating a school improvement project.

School improvement for SEND: Impact Tracker Template

Impact Tracker Template_0 (2).docx
  • General
  • 31 Mar 2022
Free
School improvement for SEND

A template to use to support the process of tracking a school improvement project by identifying the intent, tracking the implementation and evaluating the impact.

Female teacher reading to a group of primary school children

School improvement for SEND: Wider Reading

Wider Reading_0.pdf
  • General
  • 31 Mar 2022
Free
School improvement for SEND

A resource was utilised by participants on the 2021 - 2022 Professional Development Groups project. These resources have not been produced or quality assured by Whole School SEND.

Female leading a group of staff

Webinar: Introduction to the SEND Development Pathways

Introductory Slides 15.03.22.pdf
  • Webcasts
  • 15 Mar 2022
Free
WSS past event
Pathways Webinar

This webinar walks you through a new resource produced by Whole School SEND and Sea View Trust: the SEND Development Pathways.

student

Webinar: Supporting Learners with Low-Incidence SEND

Low incidence SEND - VI - Additional Resources.docx Low incidence SEND - Supporting Deaf Learners - Additional Resources.docx Hearing Impairment - Recording Transcript.docx
  • Webcasts
  • 10 Mar 2022
Free
WSS past event

This session looks at how practitioners can support children and young people with Sensory Impairment or Physical Disability through the use of assistive technology to ensure all learners are able to achieve the best possible outcomes.

College SEND Review Guide Cover

College SEND Review Guide

College SEND Review Guide March 2022 - Web version.pdf College SEND Review Guide - Editable.docx
  • General
  • 08 Mar 2022
Free
WSS Review Guide

Any college is able to use the College SEND Review in order to self-evaluate the effectiveness of its provision for learners with special educational needs and disabilities.

female teacher with young pupil

Webinar: Using the Engagement Model in Mainstream

  • Webcasts
  • 17 Feb 2022
Free
WSS past event

This session focuses on the Engagement Model. The session provides an introduction to or reinforcement of the principles behind the model and looks at how it is implemented in a mainstream setting.

students walking away from camera

Webinar: Perfecting Preparation for Adulthood

  • Webcasts
  • 11 Feb 2022
Free
WSS past event
PfA
PfAEY

This series aims to demystify the Preparation for Adulthood agenda, making it accessible to classroom teachers and school leaders in all school types and phases.

S4W5

Skills4Worcestershire Passport to Hospitality - Unit 1: Housekeeping Element 1

UN1E101_Housekeeping_lesson_plan__2_.pdf UN1E102_Things_found_in_a_hotel_room_NEW.pdf UN1E103_cleaning_tools_NEW.pdf UN1E104_Clean_room_Vs_Dirty_room.pdf UN1E105 – Room Cleaning Map (PDF).pdf Un1E106_Steps_to_cleaning_a_bathroom_.pdf UN1E107_Steps_to_making_a_bed__V2_.pdf UN1E108_Cleaning_Product_safety__V2_.pdf UN1E109 – Rubbish (PDF).pdf UN1E110 – Hoovering (PDF).pdf UN1E111_House_keeping_job_description.pdf UN1E112_Making_a_Bed_SOP.pdf
  • General
  • 08 Feb 2022
Free
SPA
PfA

This project will take the students on a tour around the Hospitality industry, learning about not only what services are classed as hospitality and its history but what careers and entry level roles around available within the sector.

S4W5

Skills4Worcestershire Passport to Hospitality - Unit 1: Induction

UNInd01_Introduction_NEW.pdf UNInd02_ProjectBriefTeacher.pdf UNInd03_Passport.pdf UNInd04 - My Skills, My Future Guide.pdf UNInd05A Marriott International - SEND presentation.pptx UNInd05B Marriott International - SEND employer brief.pptx UNInd06 - Skills Builder Partnership Inclusive Learning Resource Pack.pdf UNInd07_HospTruefalse_NEW.pdf UNInd08_HousekeepingFlash_NEW.pdf UNInd09_FoHFlash_NEW.pdf UNInd10_GroundsFlash_NEW.pdf UNInd11_FoodFlash_NEW.pdf UNInd12_StaffinUniform_NEW.pdf
  • General
  • 08 Feb 2022
Free
SPA
PfA

This project will take the students on a tour around the Hospitality industry, learning about not only what services are classed as hospitality and its history but what careers and entry level roles around available within the sector.

S4W5

Skills4Worcestershire Passport to Hospitality - Unit 1: Introduction

How to use this resource.pdf Resource directory.pdf Passport to Hospitality Certificate with logo.pdf Passport to Hospitality Certificate no logo.pdf Teacher and Student Unit 1 Questionnaire.pdf
  • General
  • 08 Feb 2022
Free
SPA
PfA

This project will take the students on a tour around the Hospitality industry, learning about not only what services are classed as hospitality and its history but what careers and entry level roles around available within the sector.

S4W5

Skills4Worcestershire Passport to Hospitality - Unit 1: Housekeeping Element 3

UN1E301_Industry_visit_lesson_plan.pdf
  • General
  • 08 Feb 2022
Free
SPA
PfA

This project will take the students on a tour around the Hospitality industry, learning about not only what services are classed as hospitality and its history but what careers and entry level roles around available within the sector.

S4W5

Skills4Worcestershire Passport to Hospitality - Unit 1: Housekeeping Element 2

UN1E201_Housekeeping_lesson_plan_element_2__1_.pdf UN1E202 – Hard Skills Explanation (PDF).pdf UN1E203 – Soft Skills Explanation (PDF).pdf UN1E204_Hard_vs_Soft_skills_activity.pdf UN1E205_Person_outline.pdf UN1E206_Manual_Handling.pdf UN1E207_Hotel_Porter_Job_discription.pdf
  • General
  • 08 Feb 2022
Free
SPA
PfA

This project will take the students on a tour around the Hospitality industry, learning about not only what services are classed as hospitality and its history but what careers and entry level roles around available within the sector.