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Latest Resources
Complex Scenario Safiye
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
This presentation aims to model the process of taking the initial steps in recognising that a child is struggling, and includes exemplary mentor guidance on how you identify the learners you plan to focus on in your classroom: those with additional needs.
Adaptive Skill – a commentary
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Are we training teachers to develop ‘routine expertise’ or adaptive expertise?
Complex Scenario Hannah
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
A case study about supporting Hannah to work independently.
Teaching is a lifetime of learning
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
To a great extent, good teaching for pupils with SEND, is good teaching for all.
Diagnosis is not enough: Research that shapes inclusive teaching
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Why we should reconsider our strategies beyond a child’s diagnosis and plan our support based on their actual relative strengths and challenges.
Children born pre-term
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Meet Becky. She is 12 years old, born at 23 weeks gestation. She finds it difficult to concentrate, make friends, cope with multiple demands and she struggles with low self esteem.
Complex Scenario Maire
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Enabling Maire to engage in individual and social learning in English and across the curriculum.
Noticing
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
What is noticing and why is it important?
Self-assessment of needs and reasonable adjustment plan
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
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.
Access to Teaching
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
An important session to support trainees to better understand their own learning needs, known and previously unknown, as well as advice on seeking support to teach whilst appropriately managing a disability.
I Spy
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Ways of meeting children’s social, emotional and mental health needs.
Complex Scenario Rashid
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Sustaining engagement and challenge for Rashid.
Teacher identity and inclusion
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Identity narratives for inclusion.
Calthorpe Academy Pastoral and Safeguarding Pack
- General
- 17 Nov 2021
A pastoral and safeguarding pack created by Calthorpe Academy.
Webinar: Leadership of SEND: Building a Culture of Collective Responsibility
- Webcasts
- 17 Nov 2021
This series of webinars aimed at leaders will explore effective leadership of SEND, including how to use data strategically, the current inspection landscape and fostering a culture of collective responsibility.
Frank Wise School Assessing Intellectual and Reasoning Skills
- General
- 28 Oct 2021
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.
Frank Wise School Post-16 Curriculum Framework
- General
- 28 Oct 2021
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.
The SEND Code of Practice for Special School Governors and Trustees
- General
- 28 Oct 2021
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.
Frank Wise School 2019 Curriculum Framework
- General
- 28 Oct 2021
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.
Webinar: The Inclusive Secondary Classroom
- Webcasts
- 20 Oct 2021
This sequence of webinars is an opportunity to reflect on and explore the components that support the inclusive secondary classroom.