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The Government has today released the Schools’ White Paper – the policy document that sets out proposed future legislation.
Please read on for our official response.

The statistics from Local Area SEND reviews, which have just been published, make for disheartening reading. Since 2016, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have carried out joint inspections of SEND arrangements in 116 of 151 local areas in England.
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nasen have announced a new partnership with The LEGO Foundation, helping to deliver the new $20million Play For All Accelerator grant fund.

- Autism Acceptance Month
Autism Acceptance Month may be coming to a close but we believe learning should take place all year round. For the next two weeks we are providing FREE access to selected resources to help deepen understanding of autism.

A new report has retrospectively analysed the factors associated with self-harm in over 111,000 adolescents aged 11 to 17 years old across four London boroughs.
The Tes SEND Show’s national poetry competition returns for pupils in primary and secondary education to promote creative writing and conversation around SEND inclusion in the classroom.

The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) has recently updated its guide, Disabled Children and the Equality Act 2010: What teachers need to know and what schools need to do.

Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this year from 9th May to 15th May, and the theme for 2022 is loneliness.

- DfE
The Department for Education has published its response to the consultation from January this year, ‘School attendance: improving the consistency of support’.

- DfE
- nasen responds
The Department for Education has published accessible versions of the SEND review green paper.
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This year the National Children’s Day UK is to be celebrated on Sunday 15th May and the theme this year is ‘Choose Kind’.

The facts and figures around EHC plans from the January census have been released and there have been increases across the board.

Last week, two staff members from nasen visited Valencia, Spain for the Teacher Training and Attention in Autism (TTAA) project. As well as nasen, project members include researchers and teachers from the UK, Spain, Greece and Israel.

Mencap has launched the Big Learning Disability Survey to provide a platform for hearing the voices of people with a learning disability aged 18 and over.

Microsoft has revealed a new line of adaptive resources to support people who find the conventional keyboard and mouse layout a challenge.

- Council for Disabled Children
The Council for Disabled Children is hosting an event for participation, co-production, engagement practitioners and strategic managers from across children and young people’s health, education and social care.

A new report by Cerebra has identified that inequalities experienced by children with disabilities in health and social aspects can be better prevented through early intervention.

The new Inclusion 2024 inclusive education hub launches today. Education practitioners across England will have access to all the essential resources for inclusive PE in one space.

The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care final report has been issued after a year of research into the current system and sharing proposals for a reset on the social care system.

nasen has been successful in its bid to deliver the Universal SEND Services programme that has been funded by the Department for Education (DfE).