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Keep up to date with all of the latest news, headlines and features from across the SEND sector.

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nasen announces three senior appointments

nasen (National Association for Special Educational Needs) is pleased to announce the appointment of two board directors and one executive director.

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Comprehensive Spending Review: submit your representation

The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has launched the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which will be published in the autumn.

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A letter from Minister Ford thanking Special School head teachers

Letter to Headteachers of Special Schools from Vicky Ford MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families).

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New CPDL Webinar initiative for SENCOs and teaching staff launched

nasen's new SEND CPDL Annual Webinar Pass will provide education professionals with access to more than 15 live high-quality CPDL webinars per academic year.

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Thousands of places created in new special free schools

Over 3,000 extra school places at 37 new free schools are to be created across the country for pupils with the most complex needs, to open from September 2022.

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The Engagement Model will become statutory from September 2021 rather than 2020

Following the Rochford Review, it was decided that the P scales are to be replaced for end of key stage statutory assessment for pupils working below the standard of National Curriculum assessments.

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INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) - Deployment of specialists in mainstream settings

INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) to produce a set of resources to inform SENCos and mainstream school teachers and leaders about options for the commissioning and deployment of education psychologists (EPs) and speech and language therapists (SaLTs)...

nasen highlights the need to improve early identification of SEND and prevent children ‘slipping through the net’

nasen, a charity that supports and champions those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences, has launched a new report to help improve early identification of, and support for SEN in the early years.

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Ofqual feedback survey launched

Ofqual has launched a survey to gather feedback from school, college and training provider staff involved in producing and submitting centre assessment grades for GCSEs, AS and A levels, and those vocational and technical qualifications...

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Area SEND Inspections - what next?

Ofsted has published an evaluation of the framework for inspecting local areas’ SEND services, alongside an announcement that the reviews themselves (currently suspended due to the COVID-19 lockdown) will not resume in the autumn term.

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nasen’s summary of International report on Inclusion

Fewer than 10% of countries have laws that help ensure full inclusion in education, according to UNESCO’s 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report: Inclusion and education – All means all.

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nasen launches new report on identifying SEN in the early years

nasen, a charitable membership organisation that exists to support and champion those working with, and for, children and young people with SEND and learning differences, has launched a new report.

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Whole School SEND (WSS) are looking for members to be part of an Impact Steering Group

Would you like to support the WSS delivery team achieving maximum reach and impact across the English school sector with WSS outputs? Applications are now open to join!

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2020 SEN Data is released

The publication provides data from the January 2020 school censuses on pupils with special educational needs (SEN).

Announcement of the nasen Early Years SENCO Chat series

nasen launches Early Years SENCO Twitter Chat

nasen is proud to announce that it has recently secured DfE funding to deliver a series of ten Early Years SENCO themed Twitter chats.

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Extension to temporary changes to SEND law for EHC Plans

On 29th June, the Secretary of State issued a notice to extend the temporary changes to the law on what provision has to be made currently for children and young people with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans.

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The DfE is consulting on a revised version of the Schools Admissions Code

The current schools admissions code means that some schools are able to reject pupils with SEND, as places can be refused on the basis of ‘challenging behaviour’, even when such behaviours may be attributable to pupils’ SEND.

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Ministerial letter from DfE announcing the extension of the national trial

In April 2018, the Department for Education began a national trial to extend the powers of the SEND Tribunal to hear appeals, and make non-binding decisions about, health and social care aspects of Education, Health and Care plans.

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School Handbook for Dual and Multiple Exceptionality Launches

We are delighted to announce a new book as part of the nasen Spotlight series – The School Handbook for Dual and Multiple Exceptionality.

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Emerging Minds Research

Emerging Minds, a research network that aims to reduce the prevalence of mental health problems experienced by children and young people, are conducting a variety of research on how families are coping during COVID -19 pandemic...