0-25 SEND, Alternative Provision and Attendance Unit Newsletter.

DfE SEND Newsletter

July 2018 edition of the Department for Education’s 0-25 SEND Newsletter can be viewed here

Contents include -

The Strategic College Improvement Fund

Early Years Disadvantage (VCS) Grants 2018-20

Standards Testing Agency - Inclusion experts required: forthcoming Invitation to Tender

Pre-key stage standards to be used from the 2018/19 academic year

SEND Tribunal: Single Route of Redress National Trial

SEND mediation standards

SEND Schools’ Workforce programme of work

NHS England: Ask. Listen. Do

Education Psychology Research Project on the Workforce in England

Making Participation Work, Hot Topics: Wider engagement report

SEND statistics

Provision for under 5s
Publication of Statistical Release ‘Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2018’
Update of annual publication ‘Special educational needs: analysis and summary of data sources’
Publication of research ‘Education, health and care plans: parents and young people survey’

Development opportunities and new resources

NatSIP resources available
Anti-bullying research reports:
Autism Education Trust - new website
Rights for Children - new website

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