This includes a ‘joystick’, which can be used to perform and compose music and is particularly good for pupils in wheelchairs or those with limited motion.

Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds or with SEND will get targeted support to unlock their musical potential, thanks to a new scheme designed to break down the barriers to opportunity and advance their talents. 

The gap between the most vulnerable schoolchildren and their peers has widened.

Local authorities are facing a shortfall of almost £1 billion in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) budgets this year.

The number of young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receiving support from councils has reached a record high.

Services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Milton Keynes needs to be imrproved.

An online curriculum-linked resource has been launched by BBC Children's and Education, the Premier League and ParalympicsGB to engage disabled children in sport and physical activity. 

Multi-academy trusts (MATs) should create the role of "director of SEND" to help with inclusion, report from National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has suggested.

The government is investing £850 million for councils to create 60,000 new places for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and in Alternative Provision (AP) in mainstream and special schools.

Almost 120 school places for pupils with SEND will be created in Haringey.

HFL Education has created a boxset of peer-to-peer webinars in an attempt to tackle student absences.

2021 nasen award winners announced

The winners of nasen’s fifth annual Awards were revealed in a glittering celebration at the Waldorf Hilton in London on Friday.

New SEND places in Leeds under consultation

Consultation is underway in Leeds on plans for a new special free school for children and young people with SEND.

SEN funding must support deaf students

Campaigners have called for an end to the current ‘funding crisis’ in deaf education.

Give mainstream schools SEN incentives

Councils have argued that mainstream schools should be incentivised to take in more children with special needs.

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