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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...
The Headteacher’s Handbook: The Essential Guide to Leading a Primary School
Rae Snape has extensive experience in leadership and is currently head of a primary school, a National Leader of Education and the co-founder of...
SPECIAL NEEDS
PERSONAL STORIES
Being weird can make you awesome!
My name is John Harris and my son Kale, 10, received a diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome in 2015, when he was 5. Kale struggles...
SEN CAREERS
The right course
Effective CPD is not just good for teachers’ careers, it is essential if the diverse needs of pupils are to be met, says Chris Keates
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...
The right staff
Ian Hartwright provides some useful tips on how schools can attract and keep the best teachers
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...
Switching to SEN
Rob Grays talks to a teacher who has made the transition from a mainstream to an SEN setting