Educational resources for ensuring the best possible whole-school provision for SEND; from fulfilling the requirements of the Code of Practice to working with teaching assistants.
SEND pupil numbers are increasing in independent schools but classroom teaching expertise does not always match need. How can SENCOs help ensure every teacher is a teacher of SEND?
Jean Gross explores if the greatest potential of the changes for children with SEMHD is around the engagement of parents, carers and of pupils themselves in decision making
A formal TA/teacher agreement is at the heart of teaching assistant deployment at Brickhouse Primary School in Sandwell, as SENCO and headteacher Paul Newby describes
A special school for children with extremely complex needs outlines how educational, medical and care staff work closely together in the best interests of the child
The support of the teaching assistant has become central to pupil progress. Suzanne O’Connell considers the changing expectations and how schools are adapting and developing this role
