Beyond a briefing, this group will help those with a strategic responsibility for SEND In their school ensure that pupils with SEND and other disadvantaged pupils are not left behind. The aim of this group is to engage critically with evidence-informed approaches and to support disciplined innovation in schools, as well as sharing practice across schools.
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The meeting dates for 2025-26 will take place on Thursday mornings between 10:15 and 11:00 online, following the Newham Learning HT KIT.
Autumn Term - 25 Sep 2025 10:15 ā 11:00, online
Autumn Term ā 27 Nov 2025 10:15 ā 11:00, online
Spring Term ā 29 Jan 2026 10:15 ā 11:00, online
Spring Term ā 23 Apr 2026 10:15 ā 11:00, online
Summer Term ā 25 Jun 2026 10:15 ā 11:00, online
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Leadership for Inclusion: What can you do? (Open University - Free Course, level 3)
Leadership for Inclusion: Thinking it through (Open University - Free Course, level 3)
Naming schools on an EHCP lawful consultations guidance (Stone King, 2024)
The Local Area SEND Review - Newham (Ofsted, 2022)
The Five-a-day approach (EEF, Jan 2022)
Making the best use of Teaching Assistants Guidance Report and associated materials (EEF, 2021)
Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools Guidance ReportĀ and associated materials (EEF, 2021)
SEND Evidence Review (EEF, March 2020)
The SEND Code of Practice (DfE, 2013)
Changing the way we inspect SEND with BSL (Ofsted, 2022)
Remote Education - children with SEND (Ofsted, 2021)
Remote Education - What has worked well? (Ofsted, 2021)
Remote Education - Learning for the future (Ofsted, 2021)
Remote Education - Bridging the gap (Ofsted, 2021)
SEND Joint Area Inspections (Ofsted, 2021)
Final report on SEND Joint Area Inspections (Ofsted, 2021)
SEND and the curriculum (Ofsted, 2019)
Support for children with SEND (National Audit Office, 2019)
What if we thought anew about SEND? (UCL IOE, 2018)
(coming soon)
Guidance Documents
Videos
A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)
Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)
Templates
The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD (BBC, 11 Jul 2022)
EHCP statistics (DfE, 2024)
(coming soon)