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Our new May/June edition features articles supporting engagement, life skills and social and emotional wellbeing for pupils and staff.
LGBTQ+ Resources to support autistic young people
Lisa Blackett, a wellbeing and leadership coach discusses our ever-increasing world of digital connection and why it is so crucial for educators to be able to ‘switch off.’
January 2025
Ambition Institute have recently published Achieve and Thrive: A Research-Based Guide to Pupil Motivation and Engagement, authored by Steve Farndon, which is based on what academic research reveals about pupil motivation and engagement.
June 2024
The Regulating Emotions-Strengthening Adolescent Resilience (RE-STAR) research programme aims to cut the risk of adolescent depression, focusing on autistic and ADHD students.
Written by the Anti-Bullying Alliance
Kayleigh is a highly skilled mental health professional with a wealth of experience in both clinical and educational settings. She has 17 years of experience in mental health, psychological assessment, therapeutic interventions, and programme development.
Kayleigh has been instrumental to the development of many of the projects delivered across the schools division, notably leading on and co-creating the content for Autism and Wellbeing, Intermediate Senior Mental Health Lead, Self Harm in schools and Parental Partnership programmes. She has also led on the delivery of a comprehensive international package for Nord Anglia Schools, training up Senior Mental Health Leads across the world and providing reflective supervision spaces.
I applied to take part in the 2022/23 PD group at a time when I was considering and developing my action plan for last year. One of the areas identified for action was persistent absence and attendance rates for learners with SEND.
A new report by ASK Research, suggests that those pupils with EHCPs attending special schools and colleges have experienced between 4 to 5 months’ worth of learning loss as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the first part of three-part webinar series is designed to support educators in understanding and responding to the needs of pupils with acquired brain injury (ABI).
The third webinar in our series: Returning to School and Making Use of Trauma-Informed Approaches
A new longitudinal study looking at social mobility and opportunities for young people post-Coronavirus has been launched today.
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.
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this year from 9th May to 15th May, and the theme for 2022 is loneliness.
Parliament’s Education Committee has launched an inquiry into Ofsted’s work with schools.
The Sheila Coates Foundation has launched its rapid impact fund scheme offering mainstream secondary schools and colleges in England the chance of accessing £5,000 to support autistic students.
February 2026
The SEN Policy Research Forum has published a series of new blog posts addressing critical challenges facing England’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, as policymakers await the forthcoming White Paper
A report by the Children’s Commissioner in December 2019 concluded that 30 years on from the Children Act 1989, legislation that aimed to promote ‘a sense of security, continuity, commitment, identity and belonging for children in care’...
December 2025
At a House of Lords reception, nasen shared compelling evidence that professional development for educators is the key to driving meaningful, long-term improvements for learners with SEND
May 2026
From the start of the 2026 to 2027 academic year, all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit attending maintained schools, academies and free schools will be entitled to receive a free meal.