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The national shortage of SEN provision in England’s schools is a subject we keep coming back to – and, despite the latest government announcement, it remains a highly controversial topic. One thing, at least, is undisputed: Special Educational Needs provision in England is in crisis, with two out of three special schools at or above capacity in the 2022 – 2023 academic year.
An exciting new charity partnership dedicated to helping families affected by Angelman Syndrome – and to helping fund research and treatment. Almost a year ago, in March 2023, we published an article here entitled SEND for Help!, which focused on the national shortage of SEN/SEND teachers – and the UK’s lack of specialist SEND teacher training..
A ringing endorsement of our unique approach. One part in particular of the King’s Speech on the 7th of November was music to our ears at Teach Now: ‘My Ministers will strengthen education for the long term. Steps will be taken to ensure young people have the knowledge and skills to succeed, through the introduction of […]
Another ground-breaking idea from Teach Now. At Teach Now, innovation has become something of a company tradition. Ever since day one – over twelve years ago now – we’ve been developing our unique approach to education recruitment consultancy. Of course, we match people with jobs – but for us that’s just the start. We believe […]
What can we do about the SEN & SEND teacher shortage? As we leave behind what’s already being called the second ‘winter of discontent’, the coming spring offers little prospect of a thaw in relations between the government and the teaching unions. Of course, the dispute isn’t just about money and teachers’ loss of around […]
The National Deaf Children’s Society claims that most teachers don’t know how to teach deaf children. The findings of a survey it recently conducted showed that a third of the teachers participating in the study aren’t confident in teaching them. This raises the questions about whether there is a need for more training for teachers […]
With children back at school, teachers and support staff are rightly focusing on helping students to catch up on the work they may have missed during lockdown. But an important balance must be struck to ensure the needs of students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) continue to be met. That’s where teaching assistants […]