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Amjad Ali is regarded as one of the most engaging and empowering voices in the fields of inclusive leadership and professional development. Having spent over 19 years working in diverse and high-need schools — including seven years as a founding leadership team member of a new secondary school — Amjad now serves as a Trust Training and Inclusion Lead, supporting leaders, teachers, and school communities to grow cultures of equity, ambition, and sustained professional learning. He also co-founded The BAMEed Network, a national grassroots organisation committed to diversifying educational leadership and ensuring equity across the system — a mission that continues to shape his work in inclusive leadership today. Amjad’s delivery is grounded in lived experience. He began his career as a Play Worker and then a Teaching Assistant in youth offender institutions before training as a teacher and went on to become an Advanced Skills Teacher in Teaching and Learning and eventually training as a SENDCO and a senior leader. This journey has shaped a leadership philosophy rooted in equity, high expectations, and transformational CPD. 

Ben has worked in Careers Education and Guidance for almost 30 years, including the last 7 years as part of the Careers Hub team at Devon County Council.  Ben supports specialist settings and alternative provision academies across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay, helping them develop their Careers Education programmes in line with statutory guidance and best practice. 

Dean Beadle is an autistic speaker, inset trainer and conference presenter who has spent twenty years using his personal experiences of being autistic to bring about a world that is more inclusive for neurodivergent people. Working with schools, Dean has delivered hundreds of twilight CPD sessions for staff as well as countless half day sessions at inset days across the country, supporting staff to challenge their thinking to make their practice both inclusive and neuro-affirming. Dean has delivered keynotes, workshops and chaired panels at conferences in every corner of the UK as well as having guest lectured for several British universities. In recent years, Dean has also been doing a growing amount of work to support businesses to make workplaces more accessible to autistic employees. This has included sessions for Balfour Beatty, Scotiabank, International Rescue Committee, Ambassador Theatre Group, Sony Pictures, YouViewTV and Sopra Steria. 

May 2025

Hundreds of thousands of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are set to benefit from a national programme to improve access to PE and school sports.

June 2025

Camtree, DEFI and Twinkl, have announced a partnership to uncover new insights and approaches to teaching through practitioner-led research and improved professional development (PD).

June 2025

Save the Date – 17 October 2025
Join us online for “Looking Beyond: the benefits of learning from other settings and cultures” – a free conference hosted by Support for Learning.

Call for Papers now open – deadline 31 July 2025.

nasen believes that reading should be viewed not only as a fundamental right for all learners but also as a core responsibility of all educators, regardless of subject area or school phase.

Nasen and TTS (a supplier of educational resources to schools in the UK and abroad) have entered into a formal two-year partnership to reinforce nasen’s works in providing SEND training, consultancy and advocacy that empowers educators and professionals.

We’re thrilled to announce that nasen has been awarded a charity place in the 2026 TCS London Marathon!

This is more than a marathon - it’s a chance to make a difference in SEND.
Run For Us and be part of the change.

Birmingham, UK - 4 July 2025 - The UK's leading SEND CPD conference, nasen LIVE 2025, is returning to The Vox Conference Centre at Resorts World Birmingham on Friday 4 July 2025, with the powerful theme "Preparation for Life."

July 2025

We're proud to announce the appointment of Phillipa Sherlock-Lewis, CEO at PA Community Trust, as the new Chair of the Board.

July 2025

We’re proud to reveal the shortlisted individuals and settings for the nasen Awards 2025, celebrating excellence in SEND and inclusive education.

July 2025

nasen is proud to be part of the DfE-funded Early Years SEND Partnership Project led by the Council for Disabled Children (CDC).

July 2025

Are you a professional working with children and young people? Unsure how to support blind and partially sighted (BPS) students effectively? 

Helen currently teaches maths in Key Stage 5 at Park Community Academy Blackpool, whilst also working independently as a maths consultant. Helen also works as a Local Leader of Mathematics Education (LLME) with Abacus NW Maths Hub, where she has undertaken the role of Work Group Lead for numerous Research and Innovation Work Groups (RIWG), Specialist Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics (SKTM) for Secondary Teaching Assistants and, more recently, Regional Co-Lead (RCL) for the North West special schools Teaching for Mastery community. Away from work, Helen enjoys long distance running or, at a more leisurely pace, swimming and family days out.

August 2025

nasen and Nisai Learning have announced a new two-year partnership aimed at promoting a shared, positive vision for the future of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) policy in England.