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- Sector News
November 2024
One of the Labour party’s manifesto pledges was a review of the national curriculum. The Curriculum and Assessment review was launched in October with a closing date of the 22 November.

November 2024
nasen is celebrating today as the shortlist for the BETT Awards 2025 has been announced.
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Each year nasen releases an annual report which details and provides evidence of nasen's governance, structure and management as well as detailing what nasen's focus is key achievements and performance to date as well as plans for the next financial year.

- Online Units
- Universal SEND Services,
- Sector News
November 2024
WHOLE SCHOOL SEND and Real Group are celebrating today, having won not one, but two categories in the Teach Primary Awards 2024, which are designed to help educators seek out the very best resources to support their KS1 and KS2 pupils.

- free CPD
November 2024
This free half day, in-person workshop will take place at The Exchange, 3 Centenary Square, Birmingham on Monday 9th December, from 1pm until 5pm.

November 2024
The Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review is a once in a lifetime opportunity to influence the evolution of an education system that works for all children and young people, preparing them to thrive at every age and stage.

- early years
December 2024
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Profile Handbook has been amended to recognise non-speaking communication.

December 2024
A recent study by What Works in SEND researchers at Warwick Business School, has shed light on strategies to foster the inclusion of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in schools.

December 2024
Recent analysis by FFT Education Datalab reveals a rise in exclusions and suspensions across all year groups during the 2023/24 academic year, with notable impacts on disadvantaged and learners with SEND.

December 2024
The world has evolved; so have the Gatsby Benchmarks for good career guidance.

Vicky Cull is the Chief Examiner for Art and Design at UAL Awarding Body. She has over 25 years of teaching experience in both Further Education and Higher Educations, specialising in Textiles and Drawing. She fundamentally believes that the creative arts are for everyone and that they transform lives for the better, enabling confidence building, a sense of community and above all fun!

Marc is both an academic and practitioner in the creative arts sector and brings substantial practical expertise and academic insight to his role as Chief Examiner for Performing and Production Arts at UAL Awarding Body. Marc has extensive experience in curriculum design and qualification development and is an advocate of the transformative power of the arts. Marc’s research interests extend to creative environments/spaces and his directing practice has a focus on cross-arts collaborative storytelling.

Helen Battelley, an internationally respected Early Years Physical Development consultant, trainer, author and brings energy and a motivational approach to raising the profile of PA in the early years. As the chair of the National Early Years Active Start Partnership (NEYASP), she leads a diverse group of stakeholders from across the UK to address the systemic challenges in the early years sector to ensure that every child benefits from the positive outcomes of play and PA. NEYASP are taking positive action to inform and support policy makers and inspection bodies to ensure the sector is taking an evidence-informed approach and valuing the place of physical development in a child’s life, right from the moment they enter the world!

January 2025
The House of Commons Education Select Committee has recently launched an inquiry into Solving the SEND crisis with a call for evidence from all within the sector including learners.

January 2025
Ambition Institute have recently published Achieve and Thrive: A Research-Based Guide to Pupil Motivation and Engagement, authored by Steve Farndon, which is based on what academic research reveals about pupil motivation and engagement.

January 2025
The Department for Education has released the newly collected census data from autumn 2024 around those young people in elective home education (EHE).

January 2025
Research being conducted by Dr Emmanouela Terlektsi and Dr Lila Kossyvaki from University of Birmingham, aims to identify and characterise effective practice in supporting the inclusion of deaf autistic children in mainstream settings.

January 2025
The government has committed to finding out the need of teaching professionals to have training in Generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence technology that can produce content.

January 2025
While autism diagnosis has soared, the impact of diagnosis and how young people can begin to develop an understanding of their autistic experience has been lacking in support.

April 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that nasen has been awarded a charity place in the 2026 TCS London Marathon!