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Only 4% of disabled children can go to a holiday club...
How do you keep yourself entertained during the summer holidays? Perhaps you've been playing with your friends or you might even have been dropped...
Government failing disabled people, human rights watchdog warns
The UK government has been accused by a human rights watchdog of making "slow progress" in improving the lives of disabled people.
The Equality and...
Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom
The updated guide to teaching happiness and positive mental health
Adrian Bethune is a part-time primary teacher, Deputy Chair of the Well Schools strategic board...
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
“Two households, both alike in dignity…”
In 2003, a school for children with learning difficulties produced a performance of Romeo and Juliet with Shakespeare’s Globe. Now, after a decade of collaboration, Jon David reflects on the legacy of the partnership
SEN CAREERS
Speaking and writing quietly into the abyss: SEND and inclusion training for teachers
Dr Helen Ross discusses the deficiencies in teacher training and considers what can be done about the situation.
In recent weeks, my email inbox has been...
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting
STEM industries need disabled students
Victoria Cornfield, Marketing manager at FPE Seals, discusses the advantages that disabilities can have for work in STEM fields and advocates for more inclusive practices...
Real world recruitment
The impact of SEN inclusion on mainstream teacher recruitment
The workload of teachers is increasing, as the growing number of children with SEN and disabilities...