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March 2025
The Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) are currently recruiting for blind and partially sighted students aged 16 and over but still involved in education to join their Student Voices forum.

March 2025
A major new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and The Difference, sets out a plan to end the rapid rise in absence, exclusions and the special educational needs ‘crisis’.

March 2025
The RISE (Research and Improvement for SEND Excellence) Programme, a contract funded by the Department for Education (DfE), has developed a new e-learning course entitled ‘Sensory Processing: What it is and why it matters’.

April 2025
As Strategic Reform Partner to the Department for Education (DfE), the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) are gathering evidence on how post-16 settings are making their settings more inclusive and meeting the needs of of young people.

- Policy
- reforms
- ofsted
- consultation
- call for evidence
- nasen responds
Ofsted's proposed changes to the inspection of educational settings represent a significant shift in how quality and performance are assessed across early years, schools, further education, and teacher training. Read on for nasen's perspective...

- Policy
- reforms
- ofsted
- consultation
- call for evidence
- nasen responds
This call for evidence has been running alongside Ofsted's consultation on proposed changes to the inspection of educational settings. It considers accountability principles, school profiles and interventions. Read nasen's response...

May 2025
The Sheila Coates Foundation (SCF) has opened its rapid impact fund for mainstream schools and colleges to apply for funding to support autistic students to excel and achieve, flourish and succeed.


May 2025
Last week, the Department for Education (DfE) published updated guidance for schools, colleges and ITPs on careers education, structured around the refreshed Gatsby Benchmarks.

- Twilight Talks
This session will be delivered by Vicky Cull & Marc Mollica

Sarah holds an MSc in Social Cognition and a BSc (Hons) in Psychology. At the University of Oxford, she worked on research into the effectiveness of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) using LanguageScreen and also supported the rollout of NELI to thousands of schools across England. In her role at OxEd, Sarah supports schools to deliver the NELI programme in the UK and internationally.

- inclusive sport
May 2025
Hundreds of thousands of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are set to benefit from a national programme to improve access to PE and school sports.

June 2025
Camtree, DEFI and Twinkl, have announced a partnership to uncover new insights and approaches to teaching through practitioner-led research and improved professional development (PD).

June 2025
Save the Date – 17 October 2025
Join us online for “Looking Beyond: the benefits of learning from other settings and cultures” – a free conference hosted by Support for Learning.
Call for Papers now open – deadline 31 July 2025.

- Dyslexia
- reading
nasen believes that reading should be viewed not only as a fundamental right for all learners but also as a core responsibility of all educators, regardless of subject area or school phase.

Whole School SEND has published six self-evaluation frameworks aimed at improving the quality of provision in mainstream and special schools for children and young people with SEND.

Sarah Seleznyov, Director of London South Teaching School Alliance, writes about about a research project supporting teachers to better meet the needs of pupils with autism, run in collaboration with UCL Centre for Inclusive Education.

Written by the National Sensory Impairment Partnership

Helen Boden is CEO of the British Dyslexia Association. You can find out more about the British Dyslexia Association here: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

Interview with Professor Karen Guldberg, Director of the Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER) at the School of Education, University of Birmingham and lead author of the AET Good Autism Practice Guidance