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The Children and Families Act 2014 placed new duties on post-16 providers in relation to learners with SEND. At the same time it recognised their key role in improving outcomes for this group of young people who make up almost one in five (17%) of the FE student population. You can find out more about the SEND Code of practice and the duties and responsibilities further education providers have to their learners with SEND by selecting the two documents below.
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The SEND reforms impact every practitioner, learn more about the code of practice and how to adapt your delivery to ensure you better meet the needs of learners with SEND with Nasen’s Focus On SEND training materials.
Effective SEN support 
is a research report on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges. This resource is to help leaders, teachers and support staff in mainstream primary schools, secondary schools and colleges reflect on practice to support pupils and students with special educational needs. Amongst the schools and colleges they studied there was a wide range of strategies and approaches being used to support students on SEN support. The research identified seven key features to providing effective SEN support. The 7 key features are: Culture, leadership and management, High quality teaching, Use of expertise, Personalisation, Flexible use of evidence-based strategies, Progress tracking, and Communication and collaboration.
Are you interested in startarting a career in the further education and training (FE) sector working with learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or are you already working with people with SEND and want to progress your career? Our new guide, Make a big difference: working with learners with special educational needs and disabilities provides information about the qualifications you need and the different career pathways.
Visit the FE Advice website for information about becoming a teacher and incentives for training.
Are you considering a career
working with students with SEND but you've not worked in Further Education before? The Further Education (FE) sector is a wide-ranging and remarkably diverse section of the education system. It is made up of many different types of provider as explained in this guide.
Watch the video, to hear from Young people with SEND speak out about the impact on their lives of high quality post-16 provision.
Read Brendan's story to find out what learning means to him.
Are you looking for specific training? As part of a mapping exercise of SEND CPD training and qualifications available from the Education and Training Foundation and a wide range of other organisations we have produced a SEND CPD Framework. The information is provided to raise awareness to the SEND workforce of the variety CPD opportunities available. The inclusion of information from other organisations does not indicate a recommendation by the Education and Training Foundation of this offer.
Do take a look at the Foundation's wide range of courses, many of them relevant to those supporting learners with SEND, together with our bespoke SEND offer.
Visit the News and Events page for the latest course and event updates. Are you a SET member? If so you'll have access to professional development webinars that cover a whole range of topics to help you support learners with SEND.
Learn about SET membership
Visit the Society for Education and Training (SET) website to find out how our professional membership body can support you in your role within training and education.
We have a wide variety of resources that can help you to develop your practice. You'll find resources relevant to the web page you're exploring at the bottom of that page.
Join our online community of practice on Twitter using the hashtag #SENDinFE. It's a great way to learn from and support each other.
