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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.

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.

Nasen and TTS (a supplier of educational resources to schools in the UK and abroad) have entered into a formal two-year partnership to reinforce nasen’s works in providing SEND training, consultancy and advocacy that empowers educators and professionals.

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

This is more than a marathon - it’s a chance to make a difference in SEND.
Run For Us and be part of the change.

Birmingham, UK - 4 July 2025 - The UK's leading SEND CPD conference, nasen LIVE 2025, is returning to The Vox Conference Centre at Resorts World Birmingham on Friday 4 July 2025, with the powerful theme "Preparation for Life."

July 2025

We're proud to announce the appointment of Phillipa Sherlock-Lewis, CEO at PA Community Trust, as the new Chair of the Board.

July 2025

We’re proud to reveal the shortlisted individuals and settings for the nasen Awards 2025, celebrating excellence in SEND and inclusive education.

July 2025

nasen is proud to be part of the DfE-funded Early Years SEND Partnership Project led by the Council for Disabled Children (CDC).

Tim Dickson is a journalist whose perception and understanding of the world has been shaped  by synaesthesia. Later in life he was also diagnosed as autistic, but what really opened his eyes was that several issues he had spent a lifetime interpreting through synaesthetic prism in fact turned out to be key identifiers of the autistic condition. Since then he has been working with schools and other academic bodies to raise awareness of synaesthesia and its co-occurrence with autism in the hope it might help to better serve the needs of children who process and learn about the world in a slightly different way.

Cristín O’Brien began her career as a Community Worker and Social Worker, serving the Irish Traveller community, before returning to education and moving into policy. She first worked at Ofsted as a Policy Officer on the Unregistered Schools Team, and has since led on policy work at The Difference, the school leadership charity committed to reducing lost learning through whole-school inclusion. 

At The Difference, Cristín played a pivotal role in the Who is Losing Learning Campaign, co-authoring both reports that have shaped the national debate on inclusion and lost learning. Most recently, she co-authored “What Works: Four Tenets of Effective Internal Alternative Provision”, setting out practical insights for schools on developing effective IAP.  

Vasilis is an Associate Professor at Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, with extensive research experience on the inclusion of students with SEND in mainstream schools. His work focuses on developing inclusive pedagogy and curricula, and on supporting and empowering parents of children with SEND. He has particular expertise in co-teaching, resourced provision, and differentiated instruction. Vasilis has been invited to advise the Department for Education on evidence-based research and curriculum reform relating to the education of students with SEND in mainstream settings. 

Matt McArthur is the Assistant Headteacher at Frank Wise School in Banbury, a special school for children and young adults aged between 2 and 19. Matt currently teaches in both primary and secondary classes, and is the subject-leader for Numeracy. He was Director of Teaching School at the school for five years, and continues to support the Oxfordshire Teaching School Hub with SEND-specific strands of Continuing Professional Development, School-to-School support and Initial Teacher Training. Matt enjoys cooking, keeping fit and reading, and is a committed life-long learner. He has just finished a Masters degree in Educational Leadership, and is currently doing his NPQH.  

Christine began her career as a social worker in 1980 and joined the Council for Disabled Children in 2000. She has conducted impactful reviews for the DoH and DfE, leading to significant practice changes affecting children and young people. Recently, she led a review on safeguarding disabled children in residential settings, urging government collaboration to improve education, health, and care for disabled children. Christine was awarded an OBE in 2009, became an Honorary Fellow of the RCPCH in 2013, and received a Damehood in 2016 for her work with disabled children. In October 2024, she was appointed Strategic Advisor on SEND to support government reforms. 

Malcolm has worked in the field of SEND for 30 years and in that time has worked in adult provision, mainstream schools, and special schools. He has worked in with children throughout the age range and with learning difficulties ranging from moderate to profound. Malcolm has been a Headteacher of three schools and one federation. He is a National Leader of Education, a Member of the National SEND Forum, and Patron of the Centre Algarve holiday centre for people with special needs.

July 2025

Are you a professional working with children and young people? Unsure how to support blind and partially sighted (BPS) students effectively? 

August 2025

nasen and Nisai Learning have announced a new two-year partnership aimed at promoting a shared, positive vision for the future of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) policy in England.

Margaret Mulholland is an inclusion consultant, policy specialist and regular commentator in the education press. Margaret is an Honorary Norham Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She is currently, SEND policy lead for the Association of School & College Leaders, External Adviser on SEND for Jersey and is a monthly columnist for the TES. Margaret works with schools and trusts across the UK to support inclusive school improvement. 

Warda Farah is a Social Entrepreneur, Speech and Language Therapist, Writer, and Lecturer whose work bridges Neurodiversity Research and Racial Justice. She founded Language Waves to work in a culturally, linguistically, and neurodiversity affirming manner, and collaborates with teachers and schools to rethink received wisdom and developmental theories shaping education in the UK. She is the editor of Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies: Theory, Practice, and Social Justice.