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With school attendance becoming mandatory from today, Vicky Ford MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families,released on Friday a letter for parents & carers of children & young people with SEND and the families that support them.

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Education Technology, chaired by Damian Hinds MP, has published it’s report on ‘Lessons from Lockdown: What we learned about Education Technology in 2020’.

A consultation on the arrangements for the autumn series of examinations for England has been opened today (17th March).

A landmark study from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), Identifying pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), has highlighted “deeply concerning” inconsistencies in how children with SEND in England are identified and supported.

CSJ Disability Commission has published a report "Now is the Time", the report outlines several major barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing and staying in employment and from being able to live independently

A study from the University of Sussex, has been released today. The paper examines the perspectives of parents of children with SEND and their experiences of the return to school in September 2020 and home-learning during the latest lockdown.

As part of nasen’s DfE-funded work with the Early Years SEND Partnership Project, we are delighted to announce the following National Seminars hosted by nasen and our partner organisations which address different aspects of SEND in the Early Years.

The All Party Parliamentary group for SEND have issued their report into the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on educational transitions for young people with SEND

The Department for Education (DfE) are recruiting to the post of Deputy Director of Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Policy and Strategy Division

On Bank Holiday Monday, 5th April 2021, the government issued updated guidance for schools.

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or requiring alternative provision in England are set to benefit from an investment of £280 million over the next financial year, the government has announced today (09 April). 

A wide-ranging review of SEND provision in Guernsey and Alderney carried out by nasen, has found some excellent, inclusive practice in States-funded schools however recommendations have been made to ensure this is extended to all learners.

Whole School SEND have released a fantastic suite of new resources.

The government have issued new guidance to schools on how they are to report and allocate funding from the pupil premium grant for 2021 to 2022.

The final part of the annual State of Education survey carried out by the National Education Union (NEU) in March 2021 includes the opinions of over 10,000 school staff on the mental health needs of their pupils.

nasen is proud to announce a series of 3 live seminars that have been developed as part of the Early Years SEND Partnership Project funded by the DfE.

The new Children’s Commissioner Rachel de Souza has today launched ‘The Big Ask’ a survey for children across England to have their say.

A new longitudinal study looking at social mobility and opportunities for young people post-Coronavirus has been launched today.

The return of SEND events - bringing the community back together.  Our one day SEND CPD conference, nasen Live is returning on 24th September 2021 to the Vox Conference Centre in Birmingham.

Ofqual have released guidance today detailing updated processes for external quality assurance of evidence for teacher-assessed grades.