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- Covid-19
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.
- International
nasen were proud to sponsor a category in the International School Awards 2022 last week. The event took place virtually on Tuesday the 18th of January. More than 260 schools from 48 countries received nominations.
We are pleased to announce that we’ve joined forces with Assistive Technology provider, Microlink and the Department for Education (DfE) to lead a training pilot involving over 80 mainstream schools across the country.
A new paper by thinktank Education Policy Institute (EPI) has recommended that schools be judged on a wider range of accountability measures including those relating to pupil inclusion.
In the latest response from Josh McAllister, chair of the review into children’s social care, he identifies the key themes coming from stakeholders submissions and has written them into his latest blog.
A new report by the Relationships Foundation looks into the use of flexi-schooling for children with SEND across the UK.
- DfE
The Department for Education and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have announced that education will be at the heart of major new reforms in their drive to Level Up in identified areas.
Two years of disruption to assessment and grading has shone solely needed light onto the pre-existing assessment system across the UK.
- DfE
The Department for Education (DfE) have launched a consultation on proposed changes to the Behaviour in Schools Guidance and Suspension and Permanent Exclusion Guidance.
Children’s mental health week starts 7th February 2022 and the theme is ‘Growing Together’. During this week schools across the UK will be exploring the concept of growing emotionally and supporting each other to grow.
The Youth Sport Trust are running a Department for Education funded programme on behalf of a consortium of organisations, including nasen, titled “Inclusion 2024”.
- ofsted
Ofsted have released a report ‘Securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence’. It looks at different aspects of pupil attendance and how schools tackle the challenges associated with supporting pupils in this area.
Safer Internet Day 2022 has the theme is ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. Children and young people in our schools have grown up with the digital world as part of their everyday lives.
Association of Child & Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH) has recently launched an initiative aimed at teachers, to enable schools to access and put to use resources that can genuinely make a difference to the mental wellbeing and educational outcomes...
- early years
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.
- Council for Disabled Children
The Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have produced new e-modules to add to their Training Catalogue. The new modules are entitled ‘Delivering Quality Annual Reviews’ and ‘The role of CAMHS in the EHCP process’.
The education charity Teach First have produced a new report calling on government to rethink the current approach and increase and expand the pupil premium.
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) has provided the first comprehensive picture of the impact of COVID-19 on the existing ‘disadvantage gap’.
As part of the programme a suite of resources are being developed that all schools can access. Assistive Technology Resource Bank One and Two have been published and are located on the nasen website.
Last week, Scanning Pens released a sponsored webinar, now available for free on the nasen website for members.