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A guest blog from NASS Partner Therapeutic Thinking reflecting on why prioritising relationships and wellbeing in special education has never been more important.

Wings School Notts won the 2025 NASS Award for Breaking Barriers to Inclusion. In this article, Adam Bailey, Assistant Head of Education and PE teacher, shares how the school achieved this transformation and the impact it’s having on students’ confidence, participation and sense of belonging.

Special schools work in uniquely complex environments, and this guest blog from NASS partner Access Insurance Services offers a helpful overview of how the risk and insurance landscape is shifting as we move through 2026.

We’re proud to be an official partner of the Schools & Academies Show, taking place at the Excel, London on 7th May

Swalcliffe Park School was recognised as a finalist in the Innovation category of the 2025 NASS Awards for the development of its Quality of Life (QoL) Framework and the creation of a QoL Network to share best practice across the sector.

Sue Marr, Specialist Teacher and Trainer at Moor House Institute, part of Moor House School and College, explains why oracy matters for learners with speech and language difficulties, including DLD, and what a stronger focus on spoken language could mean for inclusion and learning in schools.

With the long-awaited Schools White Paper on the horizon, hopes are high — but so is the risk of disappointment. Drawing on the humour of a festive metaphor, NASS CEO Claire Dorer OBE reflects on what happens if we don't quite get what we want.

In our second feature on this year’s finalists and winners, we shine a spotlight on Orchard Education. Over the past two years, Orchard Education's learners and local care home residents have built meaningful connections - reading stories, sharing crafts, teaching knitting, exploring sensory toys and much more.

In the first of our features on this year’s finalists and winners, we shine a spotlight on The Children's Trust School’s inspiring project, SEE LIKE ME. Headteacher Launa Randle explains how their initiative invites staff to “see the world through the eyes” of learners with PMLD - breaking barriers to inclusion through visual understanding.

In this guest blog, Robert Evans, Senior Portfolio Manager at CCLA Investment Management, shares practical ways charitable and not-for-profit special schools can make every penny work harder.

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year's NASS Awards

We asked Nicky Waring, RSE Trainer and Specialist at the charity Sex Education Forum, to pull out the key updates from the 2026 RSHE guidance, what they mean for learners with SEND and how our special schools members can start preparing now.