Welcome to the SEND gateway
Welcome to the SEND gateway, the home of Whole School SEND - hosted by nasen.
The SEND gateway is an online portal offering education professionals free, easy access to high quality information, resources and training for meeting the needs of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
The home of Whole School SEND
The Whole School SEND Consortium brings together schools, organisations and individuals who are committed to ensuring that every child and young person with SEND can achieve their potential at school.
What Works?
Find out what works for children and young people with SEND, with research and resources structured around the four broad areas of need.
The SEND Forums
The SEND Forums are three independent e-communities for those involved in the education of children and young people with SEND: The SENCO Forum, The SLD Forum and The SENDICT Forum
Join for free
Join our growing community to help boost your professional portfolio and save you and your setting time and money. As a member you will receive excellent support, tools, CPD opportunities and resources to help meet the needs of ALL pupils.
Premier SEND Support Package
We're proudly introducing our Premier SEND Support Package; our latest and most comprehensive, value for money service.
Enjoy the benefits of a single, annual subscription which offers whole setting support.
Benefit from our key services all packed into one amazing, annual subscription for only £500 + VAT
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nasen's SEND Support Services
Publication Subscription
This service will provide you with hard copies of our sector-leading bi-monthly magazine, ‘nasen Connect’, and access to all three of nasen’s well-established and respected academic journals.
Annual Webinar Pass
This pass provides access to all of nasen’s CPDL webinars, of which we are committed to delivering at least 70 throughout the year. Unable to attend the live event? We will send you details on how to access the recordings, to make sure you never miss out!
Modular CPD Programme
nasen's new modular CPD programme, linked to the nasen Recognised Teacher/Practitioner of SEND award, provides a comprehensive introduction to SEND and effective support for children and young people.
SENCO Support Service
A comprehensive information support hub designed for SENCOs. Our online hub is organised into useful topics to help resolve all of your SEND queries. Can’t find what you’re looking for online? You’ll be able to reach out directly to our Education Team.
International Membership
International Membership
We are constantly striving to work alongside international projects to strengthen the work we undertake with professionals and help support with research, training and resources. For our international colleagues, nasen membership is available for £50 a year.
The latest from the SEND Gateway
Sharing Good Practice: Partnership Between Specialist and Mainstream Settings
This series will explore how partnerships between Specialist and Mainstream settings can be developed and used to benefit both and support all students with SEND.
SEND in Mainstream for Early Career Teachers and Beyond
Presented in partnership with Unity Schools Partnership, this series will support early career teachers to effectively meet the needs of all SEND learners in the classroom.
Leading CPD for Inclusive SEND Provision
This series of three webinars will explore evidence-informed, effective strategies that SENDCos and school leaders can use to build a culture of professional growth - one that permeates the entire school community and secures the best outcomes for all.
New to the SENCO Role: Understanding the role of the SENCO within a context of distributed leadership
This three-part webinar series, aimed specifically at new-in-post SENCOs, will be an opportunity to understand the roles and responsibilities of the SENCO and to develop the role of the SENCO as a strategic leader.
Perfecting Preparation for Adulthood
This series aims to demystify the Preparation for Adulthood agenda, making it accessible to classroom teachers and school leaders in all school types and phases.
Using the Engagement Model in Mainstream
The session will provide an introduction to the Engagement Model, a reinforcement of the principles behind the model and look at how it is implemented in a mainstream setting.
Webinar: Beyond the School Gates: Exploring Opportunity and Aspiration into FE and Beyond
- Webcasts
- 19 Jan 2038
The webinar series will focus on aspiration, provision and opportunities from KS4 through to FE and beyond. The series will explore curriculum, PfA and long term outcomes, transitions & connectivity across the system to best support students and families.
Webinar: SEND in Mainstream for Early Career Teachers and Beyond
- Webcasts
- 14 Jan 2022
This three-part webinar series will support teachers to develop their ability to effectively meet the needs of all SEND learners in your classroom, using the 5 Key Recommendations from the EEF’s SEN Support in Mainstream Schools Guidance Report.
Webinar: Introduction to the Teacher Handbook: SEND
- Webcasts
- 06 Jan 2022
In this webinar, lead authors Katherine Walsh and Amelie Thompson will take participants through Whole School SEND's latest resource, the Teacher Handbook: SEND.
Teacher Handbook: SEND
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Diagnosis is not enough: Research that shapes inclusive teaching
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
Why we should reconsider our strategies beyond a child’s diagnosis and plan our support based on their actual relative strengths and challenges.
Teaching needs adaptive expertise now more than ever
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
The pandemic has opened up the debate about what it means to be vulnerable in education and who might ‘struggle to learn’.
The teacher I think I am affects the teacher I can be. I am a teacher of everyone.
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
If you are asked to describe your teacher identity, you may find this difficult to articulate. However, if someone asks you what you think is important to the role of a teacher, you would probably be able to give an answer without too much delay.
Access to Teaching
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
An important session to support trainees to better understand their own learning needs, known and previously unknown, as well as advice on seeking support to teach whilst appropriately managing a disability.
Bell Curve Thinking: The Heart of the Matter
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
An animation to show how bell curve thinking can be challenged, so that all children are at the heart of the teaching and learning in the classroom.
Adopting a graduated approach to pedagogy and practice
- General
- 14 Dec 2021
What is the teacher's role in adopting a graduated approach?