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The Children’s Commissioner’s website has published a guide for children and young people on their return to school this week detailing what to expect and who to contact if they are worried.

Today marks youth mental health day in the UK and, with older teenagers and young adults being deemed the groups whose mental health was affected most by the pandemic, this focus on mental health is a timely one.

A survey by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) highlighting significant issues regarding funding is set to be published. 

A new resource on how best to communicate with young people with SEND has been compiled by the Council for Disabled Children and co-produced with the FLARE group, young advisors to the Department of Education.

Google has announced a series of free webinars around the accessibility features of their products. The webinars will exemplify the accessibility features in Chromebooks, Chrome Browser and Google Workspace for Education tools.

NatSIP have worked with colleagues across the SI sector NatSIP have worked with colleagues across the SI sector to produce a checklist designed to aid non-specialist teachers to self-evaluate the classroom experience for pupils with SI.

This Thursday sees the celebration of teaching assistants across the UK.

Delivered by nasen, this online interactive course consists of two 2-hour sessions that would be suitable for more experienced SENCOs, or those who have completed Part 1 of this series, who want to continue to develop their strategic approach to SEND.

Ofsted have updated their guidance to MAT’s on the procedures for the evidence-gathering activities that inspectors undertake.

The DfE, DHSC and NHS England have worked with education and health partners, to develop guidance which sets out the expectations for the delivery of specialist 1:1 and group interventions for children and young people in education settings.

As part of the cabinet reshuffle Nick Gibb, Schools Minister for the last ten years, and Gavin Williamson, Education Secretary since 2019, have both left their posts. 

Dingley’s Promise is one of twenty initiatives to receive share of £9.1 million funding from Comic Relief. The charity will use the funding to build wider inclusion for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in the early years.

Thank you to all of those who sent in their nominations for the nasen Awards 2021. We were hit with an incredible amount of inspiring provisions and individuals this year for our 13 categories.

As a result of our successful partnership with 6 other organisations in the Early Years SEND Partnership, nasen can highlight the following DfE-funded events and resources.

The BBC announced that 20-year-old George Webster will be joining the CBeebies House as a presenter.

As part of the government pledge to offer senior mental health lead training to all state schools and colleges by 2025, the next phase of funding has been released. 

The Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel De Souza, on taking up her post in March this year launched ‘The Big Ask’ survey for children and young people to give her their views. Over half a million did and ‘The Big Answer’ report is now here.

We are so excited to be hosting our milestone nasen Live 2021 conference in-person today. Birmingham’s Vox Centre will welcome hundreds of delegates uniting to explore the theme of ‘Inclusion beyond COVID’.

The Youth Sports Trust have released a programme to recognise and value the contribution of PE to children’s personal development.

The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) have produced a guide for teachers within special schools who have deaf pupils.