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Lib Dem leader calls for SEND national body and more funding for EHC Plans

Monday, April 8, 2024

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, is calling for a national body for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ending the postcode lottery for provision.

Lockdown Babies: Supporting children with SEND and their parents

Features

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Jo Parkes looks at the impact on settings from the increase in children requiring more support from staff, and how they are navigating the best ways to help parents.

Call for next Government to prioritise 1.9m children struggling with speech and language

News

Friday, March 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Speech and Language UK has launched its manifesto to draw the attention of all political parties to help the one in five children in the UK who struggle with talking and understanding words.

Neurodiversity: 'Fantastic' for activities

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Kerry Murphy and Fifi Benham provide activity tips in this edited extract of 50 Fantastic Ideas for Supporting Neurodiversity

All about… portage

Features

Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

As the National Portage Association celebrates its 40th year, Nicole Weinstein looks at the vital role that portage workers play in supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities

All about… small spaces

Features

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

What is it that makes enclosed spaces so appealing to many children, and how can early years settings support them in this? Annette Rawstrone reports

Without action the expanded 30 hours will cause further exclusion of SEND children, warns charity

News

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

| Nursery World

A charity concerned with supporting young children with SEND is calling for urgent support as research shows one in five families needing SEND early years provision are being turned away by settings.

Nursery Management Supplement 2023: Meeting the challenge of SEND

Features

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

As more children arrive at settings with extra needs amid declining external support, do the Government’s proposals to improve provision offer any hope, asks Nicole Weinstein

Anne Longfield: 'Inclusion, not exclusion'

Opinion

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| Nursery World

An increase in exclusions from primary school highlights the need for the education system to better support vulnerable children post-pandemic

Nursery World Awards 2023 – Inclusive Practice Award

Features

Sunday, October 1, 2023

| Nursery World

WINNER – Early Intervention Speech and Language Team, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£60m wasted in SEND tribunals disputing EHCP plans – research

News

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Councils wasted £60m in unsuccessful court disputes in SEND tribunals, which could have been used to fund specialist support for children with special educational needs, according to new research.

DfE announces an extra 2,000 funded SENCo training places

News

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

| Nursery World

The DfE has made available an extra 2,000 free places on the accredited level 3 early years special educational needs training programme to increase the number of SENCos in England.

SEND: Overcoming the barriers to positive transitions

Features

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

What are the challenges to achieving good transitions for children with SEND? Catherine McLeod, CEO of inclusion charity Dingley's Promise, has led a project to find out

New strategy to ensure that every deaf child receives the right support early on

News

Thursday, June 1, 2023

| Nursery World

A new strategy to ensure deaf children receive the support they need as early as possible so they don’t fall behind their peers has been launched.

Over 36,000 people sign petition to fix the 'broken' SEND system

News

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

| Nursery World

A petition calling for the ‘outdated and overstretched’ SEND system to be reformed has been signed by more than 36,000 people.

SEND improvement plan – sector response

News

Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Charities and sector organisations have responded to the publication of the Government’s SEND improvement plan. We look at what the plan says, and whether those on the frontline in supporting children and families think it measures up.

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

News

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Ministers have pledged to fund training for thousands of workers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities in the long-awaited SEND improvement plan for England, which will be published on Thursday.

Conference report: ‘Being ambitious for all children’

News

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Annette Rawstrone reports on the issues raised at Nursery World’s recent conference – 'EYFS: Supporting every child to thrive' – which focused on strategies to support the large rise in numbers of children presenting with additional needs across the sector.

Huge rise in number of parents with SEND children accessing charity's advice service

News

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

| Nursery World

There has been a 140 per cent rise in the number of parents and carers of children with SEND contacting Action for Children’s free online advice service over the last 12 months.

Inclusion: Explore new evidence-based approaches which support the learning of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Features

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

| Nursery World

How can a setting improve its curriculum for autistic children? Thomas Coram Nursery School and Centre, which has thought hard on improving outcomes for children on this diverse spectrum, has some evidence-based approaches. By Jan Stillaway