Category: Further Education

Further Education, Guest Posts, Inclusion, POST16, Schools White Paper

Research: Disabled young people define inclusive education as “learning in the place that’s right for them”

With ChristinaWelsh. Senior Polict Officer, Natspec There’s a growing focus on what inclusion is and, very recently, on education and career options for young people. But there is still a …

Columnists, Disability, Further Education, special needs

#SpecialistFEWorksforMe: Help celebrate the importance of specialist further education!

Ruth Perry, Senior Policy Manager at Natspec, explains why they have launched a campaign to raise awareness of specialist further education (FE). She calls on young people with experience of …

accessibility, Exemplary Practice, Further Education, Guest Posts, special needs

Let Me In: How disabled college students are offering accessibility expertise to transform communities

with Ben Bastin, Treloars College Earlier this year, Natspec, the association for specialist further education (FE) and training organisations, announced the latest winners of its Innovation Awards. We thought it …

Further Education, Health, SEND Accountability, special needs, Supported Internships

Far-reaching recommendations to boost SEND transition to adulthood as Ofsted/CQC find systemic “longstanding weakness”

Supporting young people with disabilities from birth to adulthood was the main goal of the 2014 Children and Families Act. But while the extension of statutory entitlements from age 16 …

EHCP, Further Education, post 19, POST16, Preparing for Adulthood, SEND Education, special needs, Supported Internships, Transition

Think work first: Supporting young disabled people into work

with Julie Pointer, Children and Young People lead at the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) The recent House of Lords Public Service Committee report looks at the barriers and …

Education Health and Care Plan, Further Education, Guest Posts, Transition

National survey launched: Are SEND Further Education students getting the choices they deserve?

As you may know, the new Education, Health and Care plan extended the right to statutory protection for a young person’s special educational needs up to, if needed, the age …

Education Health and Care Plan, Further Education, Preparing for Adulthood, SEN Reforms 2014, special needs, Transition

Transferring to an EHC Plan: Why “managing family expectations” is the opposite of co-production

I’m anticipating the next school year with a good deal of trepidation, thanks to the new SEND system. Some day in the next couple of years, the vast majority of …