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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...

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

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...

Funded by the DfE, nasen have now released three new webcasts and supporting documents for Early Years practitioners, SENCOs, teachers, teaching assistants and parent

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.

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)...

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.

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.

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

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.

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