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Learners Should Never Be Passive Receivers Of Teaching If we want pupils to grow in confidence and achieve more, it’s vital that we personalise their learning, argues Sylvia Edwards...

Make Your School Deaf-Friendly Note – The term ‘deaf’ is here used to refer to all levels and types of hearing loss Deafness is not a learning disability, but because so much learning occurs through listening and seeing, it can present complex challenges to school-aged children and those teaching and supporting them. With more than 45,000 permanently deaf children […]

What music can do for learners with communication difficulties Mary Isherwood explains how music plays a central role in the daily rhythms of school life at Camberwell Park School...

Dealing With Dyspraxia - What To Do When ‘Doing’ Is Difficult Could those outward signs of clumsiness point to dyspraxia, and if so, how should teachers respond? Veronica Bidwell takes a closer look…

What Should Schools do when LA Services Disappear? With local authority services continuing to be scaled back, Professor Sonia Blandford looks at how schools can plug the gap by liaising with external agencies…

What The Bio-Psycho-Social Approach Can Do For Learners With SEMH Difficulties Oliver Kendall explains why schools need to take a multi-pronged approach when supporting pupils with social, emotional and mental health difficulties

Why Test For Failure? Let’s Assess For Success Post-Rochford Review, asks Jackie Ward, will pupils with SEND finally be seen for what they can do, and not just what they can’t?

What Can A Specialist Setting Teach Primaries About SEND Provision? It might be a well-resourced specialist setting, but Westmorland School can still teach mainstream primaries a great deal, as Sal McKeown discovers...

We Must Change How We Support Pupils With A History Of Trauma If we’re to properly support children from traumatic backgrounds when they’re in school, we need to see a major change in our learning culture, argues Nicola Marshall…

How Can Schools Benefit From Occupational Therapy? Could occupational therapy have a useful role to play in your school’s SEN provision? Student therapist Kerri Schubert recalls the impact of her work placement at Topcliffe Primary School, Birmingham...

In Search Of The Male SENCo Male SENCos tend to approach the job differently to their female counterparts, says Dr Mark Pulsford – and if we care about gender equality, we might want to start looking at why…

Rory Bremner On Living With ADHD – “A Lot Of Mind-Wandering Goes On” Impressionist Rory Bremner reflects on being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, and how the condition’s proved to be both friend and foe...

Is There Such A Thing As ‘No Excuses’ Inclusion? Can a school that maintains certain expectations, no matter what, still call itself inclusive? Loic Menzies tries to unpack the contradictions…

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Ade Edmondson – “We got hit a lot, with sticks” For actor, musician and comedian Ade Edmondson, surviving education was an achievement in itself...

Parents Vs Providers – When Opinions Differ On The Best Way To Care For Children Conflict Can And Should Be Avoided Sometimes families and providers clash, and in these cases it’s better for all involved to part ways

Want To Engage Young People In STEM Subjects? You Need To Start Getting Personal How to boost your students' science capital

Teach Shakespeare Across The Curriculum With 12 Amazing Activities To Rocket-Boost Learning According to scientists, simply reading Shakespeare’s words can boost our brainpower – so why not make use of that in every subject?

Rachael Lucas knows what it’s like to be a young girl with autism, and to parent one “As autistic females, we slip under the radar” – Rachael's latest novel could change the way you teach...

It’s Time We Stretched Children With More Challenging Reading Texts If we want children to become confident, competent life-long readers, we need to give them access to texts that stretch them, says James Clements…

Girls In STEM – Drones, Flares and Auto-arms At The Science Museum Dr Ajay Sharman, regional STEM Ambassador Liaison Lead for STEM Learning in London and the South East, was bowled over by the creativity and passion on display at this year’s Ultimate STEM Challenge final.

SEND Funding Is Changing – How Will It Affect Your Setting? Fairer funding for settings working with children with special educational needs? Let's hope that's the case

New Specifications Make Starting GCSE Courses In Y9 More Tempting Than Ever – But Beware Of Teaching Too Much, Too Soon Every secondary school teacher is grappling with supporting their students through the new GCSEs. As we venture into the unknown, one thing we can all recognise is that they are, without a doubt, much bigger and harder qualifications than before. So what do you do if you are a subject teacher of history, when your […]

Ofsted Inspections Are Still A Lottery – Its New Report About Consistency Doesn’t Tackle The Main Problems "Are you’re honestly telling me that there are some inspectors who use the universal who-do-you-fancy system?"

Prime Meat And Cattle Kids – Are Our Pupils Being Herded Up To Be Sold At Market? There’s something worryingly familiar about James Andrews’ agricultural report

Term Time Absence – Even After A Supreme Court Judgement – Remains Something Of A Minefield When, if ever, can you authorise it, asks Vic Goddard

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