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June 2024
The Department for Education has announced the funding arrangements for NPQs from Autumn 2024.
June 2024
Inclusion 2024 aims to increase and improve opportunities for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to engage and participate in physical education and school sport.
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.
June 2024
The Sure Breaking Limits programme PE & PSHE resources have been confirmed by nasen via the Quality Framework Programme to be curriculum-ready and inclusive of all SEND students.
July 2024
The Department for Education has released the full data on SEND in schools taken from the January census.
July 2024
The latest figures from the Department for Education for absence across all settings shows that there is a slight decrease overall but figures remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.
July 2024
The Disabled Children’s Partnership have published a new report which reveals that inadequate support services for disabled young people across England, are denying them the right to a happy and fulfilling life and threatening their future.
July 2024
Thank you to all of those who sent in their nominations for the nasen Awards 2024. We were hit with an incredible amount of inspiring provisions and individuals this year for our 15 categories. Our shortlist is now published.
Free event for schools and parents. The session is being delivered as part of an impact study which is being led by researchers at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with the Staffordshire Autism Inclusion Team and nasen.
July 2024
The data for suspensions and permanent exclusions in England has been released for 2022/23 and the headline is that all of the figures are the highest annual numbers ever recorded.
July 2024
The incoming government committed to a review of the curriculum and have announced it will begin in September.
Role: Education Delivery Lead: SEND Integrated Services, Warwickshire County Council
My current role is Education Delivery Lead within Warwickshire’s SEND Integrated Services, with overall responsibility for specialist teaching teams, including the local authority’s Flexible Learning Team, working with learners out of school due to ill health.
I have also managed Warwickshire’s Statementing Service. I am an experienced senior secondary leader, having taught in schools in Birmingham, Staffordshire, and Wolverhampton.
I have been a Senior European Foundation for Quality Management Assessor for Midlands Excellence and a C4EO Disability Sector Specialist. I am Chair of pdnet, an organisation representing professionals who work to improve outcomes for learners with physical disabilities.
I am also a qualified Coach.
Di Ceasar has over 30 years of experience of both mainstream and special education sectors including 10 years as a Governor for a local secondary school. Di is an experienced manager and has contributed to work streams at a local, county, regional and national level to develop provision and policy which contributes to better outcomes for CYP with SEND. Di currently leads Physical Disability and Sensory teams within Gloucestershire’s Advisory Teaching Service, which comprises a range of professionals and services including Specialist Teachers, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language therapists and specialist roles including Early Years, Mobility and Assistive Technology roles. Di is currently National Chair of pdnet, a national organization representing professionals who work within the physical disability sector.
August 2024
Sight Loss Councils and Thomas Pocklington Trust are encouraging people to cut back any trees, shrubs or hedges on their property that overhang pavements to help keep them clear for pedestrians and encouraging people to report it.
Scotty’s Little Soldiers is a charity dedicated to supporting children and young people, 0 to 25 years, who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces.
Inspired by the experience of Army widow Nikki Scott, following the death of her husband, Corporal Lee Scott, in Afghanistan in 2009, the charity, which was set up in 2010, provides support and guidance to hundreds of bereaved military children and young people throughout their childhood.
When a young person joins Scotty’s, they become a member and are supported until their 25th birthday. Whether it be one-to-one bereavement support, a respite break with the family, an opportunity to meet others in a similar situation, or access to extracurricular activities, Scotty’s is always there for its members to ensure they don’t feel alone.
So far this year, Scotty’s has supported over 700 children and young people and services are delivered through three Family Programmes.
August 2024
The Anti-Bullying Alliance has been working with schools and disabled young people to develop strategies and approaches that help to reduce bullying of disabled young people and those with SEN, often referred to as disablist bullying.
August 2024
Effective today, the Department for Education (DfE) has implemented significant updates to school attendance guidance, aimed at enhancing student engagement and reducing absenteeism.
This term's nasen Connect highlights a remarkable story of collaboration and musical achievement.
September 2024
Returning to the award-winning Business Design Centre, this event promises two days of inspiration, collaboration, and groundbreaking solutions, all designed to elevate discussions surrounding SEND to unprecedented levels.
September 2024
One of our more involved strands of work - and one which has produced some of the most significant and tangible results – focuses on peer mentoring for school leaders.