Resources and Publications

Skills4Worcestershire Passport to Hospitality - Unit 1: Housekeeping Element 2

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.

Worcestershire County Council Employment Resource Pack

Developed in conjunction with local SEND schools by Inspiring Worcestershire, this comprehensive resource pack contains activities and supporting documents to inspire learners with SEND towards future employment.

Webinar: Leading CPD for Inclusive SEND Provision

Funded by the Department for Education, this series of three webinars explores evidence-informed, effective strategies that SENCOs and school leaders can use to build a culture of professional growth.

Webinar: Sharing Good Practice: Partnership Between Specialist and Mainstream Settings

This three-part series explores how partnerships between Specialist and Mainstream settings can be developed and used to benefit both and support all students with SEND.

Webinar: Beyond the School Gates: Exploring Opportunity and Aspiration into FE and Beyond

This webinar series focuses on aspiration, provision and opportunities from KS4 through to FE and beyond. The series explores curriculum, PfA and long term outcomes, transitions & connectivity across the system to best support students and families.

Webinar: SEND in Mainstream for Early Career Teachers and Beyond

This three-part webinar series supports teachers to develop their ability to effectively meet the needs of all SEND learners in your classroom, using the 5 Key Recommendations from the EEF’s SEN Support in Mainstream Schools Guidance Report.

WSS e-news January 2022

Highlights include an invitation to contribute to the Specialist Provision Area, and the RSA's Inclusive and Nurturing Schools toolkit.

Webinar: Introduction to the Teacher Handbook: SEND

In this webinar, lead authors Katherine Walsh and Amelie Thompson take participants through Whole School SEND's latest resource, the Teacher Handbook: SEND.

Teacher Handbook: SEND

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

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.

Classroom Environment

The importance of creating an inclusive environment that enables all learners to access the lesson and progress towards their individual learning targets.

Sharing expertise

A range of noticing; instructional approaches and adaptive strategies for the scenarios

Complex Scenario Tayla

Exploring readiness to learn.

Working with Teaching Assistants

In what ways do teaching assistants impact the learning in the classroom?

Co-learning with (and as) experts

Our in-role expertise is not fixed, but develops as we learn and reflect.

MindEd Resources

Downloadable resources about the MindEd programme.

Complex Scenario Tomas

Supporting engagement and social development.

Teaching needs adaptive expertise now more than ever

The pandemic has opened up the debate about what it means to be vulnerable in education and who might ‘struggle to learn’.

Talking head: The moment I realised I couldn’t really crochet!

Supporting a child to recognise the aspect of a task that they don’t know, but which would make a difference to them moving forward, is an important first step.

The language we use

The language we communicate through our words and our actions is a beacon for the learners we teach.