Upcoming events
Improving Your Classroom SEND Practice with Whole School SEND
Tailored specifically for teachers and support staff, this session introduces our free resources and looks at how they can directly support your daily practice.
Specialist Spotlight: Exploring Inclusion under the new Ofsted Framework - Lived Inclusion, Leadership and Evidencing Impact
Participants will consider what this means for strategic leadership and how to articulate their school’s inclusive intent and practice. A facilitated discussion and reflection will support leaders to connect this to their own context.
Neurodiversity Training Package: Train the Trainer Webinar – Autumn Half Term 1 (all settings)
Join us for a free webinar supporting leaders, SENCOs and inclusion teams across primary, secondary and FE settings to deliver the Neurodiversity Train the Trainer package with confidence.
Specialist Spotlight: Inclusive Learning for Pupils with Complex Needs in Mainstream Settings (Primary)
This session will explore, through presentation and discussion, initial steps to take to ensure your classroom provides inclusive learning for pupils with complex needs.
Twilight Talk: Why Is Learning So Hard? What Brain Science Tells Us, and How We Can Help Every Child Learn
Why do some children make steady progress while others, given the same teaching, remain stuck despite effort, support, and time? This talk draws on cognitive neuroscience.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (10am - 12pm)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide practitioners with a thorough overview of inclusive practice for SEND in the early years.
Specialist Spotlight: Tracking Progress and Achievement for learners with SEND
Participants will consider what this means for strategic leadership and how to articulate their school’s inclusive intent and practice. A facilitated discussion and reflection will support leaders to connect this to their own context.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (3pm - 5pm)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide practitioners with a thorough overview of inclusive practice for SEND in the early years.
South East Regional Conference: Secondary inclusion bases: a strategic guide to implementation and reform
Sessions will focus on the leadership, cultural, and operational shifts necessary to ensure these spaces provide high-quality support while fostering a deep sense of belonging and connectedness within the whole school.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (1pm - 3pm)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access and will provide practitioners with a thorough overview of inclusive practice for SEND in the early years.
Specialist Spotlight: Creating an effective inclusion strategy (Cross phase)
The session will explore how schools can strategically consider pupil need, inclusive practice, leadership and provision while ensuring their strategy reflects the unique context and priorities of their school.
Meeting the Needs of Every Child (6pm - 8pm)
This DfE funded online course is FREE to access andwill provide practitioners with a thorough overview of inclusive practice for SEND in the early years.
Leading Specialist Spaces: Safeguarding Children with Complex SEND in Mainstream Settings
This webinar will explore how senior leaders and DSLs with the specialist insight to read complex behaviour, work past communication barriers, and make sure no child goes unheard.
Specialist Spotlight: Memory for Learning (Cross-phase)
This session will explore the role of working memory in learning, how to identify learners experiencing memory difficulties, and practical, evidence-informed strategies to support the retention and retrieval of knowledge across educational settings.
Recognised Teacher/Practitioner Module 2 live session_Understanding and Supporting Universal Needs
This session will focus on contextualising the information delivered through the webinars included within the “Understanding and Supporting Universal Needs” module.
Access to this event is exclusive to users with the nasen Recognised Teacher of SEND, nasen Recognised Practitioner of SEND
Twilight Talk: Supporting children and young people with Down syndrome in mainstream schools
This twilight talk explores how mainstream schools can effectively support children and young people with Down syndrome to achieve positive educational, social, and emotional outcomes.
Early Years SEND Reviewer Training
This free training session is designed for Early Years SENCOs and setting managers who would like to carry out an Early Years SEND Review within their own setting, or as part of a peer review with another setting, using the Early Years SEND Review Guide.
Knowing Your Reader: Adapting Teaching to Improve Curriculum Access and Outcomes
Join Martin Galway and Lynn Lovell for a webinar on exploring how current reading research and an understanding of individual learner profiles can inform effective classroom practice in both primary and secondary settings.
London Regional Conference: Inclusion by Design: maximising collaboration to deliver equity
This conference will provide school and trust leaders the opportunity to learn from existing practice and frameworks, as well as engage in practical workshop activities to consider developments for inclusion within their own settings and contexts.
nasen Awards 2026
Celebrate excellence in inclusive education at nasen’s prestigious annual awards ceremony. Join us at the The Vox Conference Centre, Resorts World, Birmingham (B40 1PU) on 16th October 2026.