News

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

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News listing

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COVID-19 continues to impact attendance

Official figures published on 25th January 2022 show that one out of every eight pupils were off school on Thursday 20th January as Covid-related absences rose.

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Education Resources Awards 2022 (ERA) now open for entries!

The Education Resources Awards 2022 (ERA) website is now open for entry.

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Calling teaching assistants, teachers, SENCOs and Senior Leaders!

We are interested to hear what you think about access to SEND CPD and expertise in schools. What training have you had?

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New Podcast series on Tackling racism and mental health in schools launched

Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families have launched a five-episode podcast series to help support schools in talking about racism and mental health.

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Disabled Children’s Partnership seek young people for Advisory Group

The Disabled Children’s Partnership are looking for up to 10 disabled young people or young people with special education needs, aged 12-25 to be part of their Advisory Group.

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Inclusive and Nurturing Schools Toolkit launched

The Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) have launched an inclusive and nurturing schools toolkit based on their most recent research.

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National Breakfast Club Programme extended

Due to the ongoing impact of Covid within school settings, the Department for Education has extended support for breakfast club provision.

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School Attendance – a new alliance and CPD for staff

School attendance has become a central focus over the course of the pandemic, with children and young people having had a very disrupted two years.

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nasen to attend the Nursery World Show – 29th / 30th April

nasen are proud to announce that they will be exhibiting at the long awaited Nursery World Show in April 2022.

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Consultation on changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

The Department for Education has issued a consultation on changes to the statutory guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education proposed for September 2022.

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‘Time to Talk’ about mental health

Time to Talk Day is taking place on Thursday 3rd February and is the day that Mind and Rethink Mental Illness want friends, families, communities and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives.

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Additional availability of air cleaning units

In December last year, the DfE announced that funding was available for 1,000 air cleaning units for SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) settings, including SEND units in mainstream settings.

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Teacher Handbook launched to support schools to embed inclusive practice – Available to download now!

The Handbook has been developed to support primary, secondary and specialist teachers, teaching assistants, senior leaders and headteachers who work with children and young people with SEND and learning differences.

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Updated Covid operational guidance for education settings

As education settings return to face to face teaching this month, the guidance document ‘Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak’ has been updated.

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New Sensory Impairment Podcast to support teachers

The National Sensory Impairment Partnership (NatSIP) have made a New Year resolution to support teaching staff with a new series of podcasts.

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Mental Health - Building Healthy Habits in 2022 toolkit

With the new term beginning for a large proportion of schools across the country, the Anna Freud Centre has produced new toolkits to support pupils and staff to build healthy wellbeing habits in 2022.

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International Webinar: Early Years and SEND: Golden Threads of Effective Practice

Delivered by nasen, this live interactive webinar consists of two 2-hour sessions that would be suitable for Early Years Phase Leaders, Early Years practitioners and managers, and leaders of SEND and Inclusion.

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Early Career Framework at risk says National Association of Head Teachers

The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has published its findings from a survey of its members on their experiences of and views on the rollout of the Early Career Framework (ECF) in September 2021.

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Ofsted Reports on Continuing Impact of Pandemic

Ofsted has written a series of reports looking at education recovery in schools for Autumn 2021. The reports reflect the findings of the 214 routine inspections carried out in mainstream settings from Early Years to Post-16.

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Call for your views: Study into Local Authority SEND provision

A new study organised by the University of Cambridge and University College London aims to study the impact of Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) provision on the health outcomes of children and young people.