On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Sajid Javid, set out the ...

DfE SEND division have updated the ...

DfE SEND division colleagues understand that some parents and carers have concerns about vaccinating their children. They have listened carefully to their worries and have sought to provide some reassurance and clarification below, including for children who are clinically

As communicated in the SEND Newsflash on 7 December, the DfE has funded 1,000 air cleaning units for SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) settings, including SEND units in mainstream settings. These are for poorly ventilated teaching spaces and staff rooms where quick fixes to improve

The Department for Education announced that face coverings will again be required in secondary classrooms in England.  DfE have stated that this is for a temporary period.

You may be interested to know that the PPE team at the Department for Health and Social care have announced that two transparent face masks have passed rigorous safety testing and are now available to be used as an equivalent to the ‘Type IIR’ masks required in healthcare

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday on the implementation of  Plan B of the Covid - 19 response: ...

RNIB, VIEW and BATOD recognise that, in the current challenging pandemic, providing specialist support to families and children/young people who have a vision impairment and/or are deaf is not totally straight forward. In order to support you in your role and with your invaluable work they

In light of the new Omicron variant, yesterday DfE SEND division updated the Special schools and other specialist settings: coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance. ...

Colleagues will have seen the change in guidance on face coverings in education in England.

• It is recommended that pupils, staff and visitors wear face coverings in communal areas in secondary schools and colleges.
• In primary schools, it’s recommended that staff and

NDCS has published a blog about accessible information for deaf young people about covid-19 vaccinations. The blog essentially signposts to resources developed by each of the UK Governments. In England, the Department for Education has very recently published some information in BSL, for

The NDCS has updated an old blog that seeks to set out the position on remote support to deaf children and their families, and catch-up support. It sets out some considerations that NDCS would like education professionals and managers to take into account.

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DfE SEND division published the following newsflash on 16 Sepetmber:

'We know that COVID-19 has impacted on services and as a result many specialist services have adjusted their delivery models during their recovery. We have worked with education and health partners, including the Royal

NDCS has updated the returning to school blog for families. This is an update of a blog produced last year about coronavirus restrictions that might be place and which might impact on the support that deaf children receive in schools. The blog includes a suggested checklist of questions for

As colleagues will have seen, DfE (England) published new guidance earlier this week on school arrangements in from the 19 July 2021. In case it is helpful, below is my NDCS summary of what’s changing and how this might impact on deaf children.

• Face coverings will no longer be

The lifting of Covid restrictions in education settings will take place in line with the general removal of restrictions for England at Step 4. Subject to a final review of the data next week, these legal restrictions will end on Monday 19 July.

"We are changing the controls that apply

There are three things that DFE SEND division would like to draw your attention to this afternoon:

Summer schools: updated funding allocations and guidance

As part of the wider recovery package to support children and young people with their mental health and

The updated BATOD/NatSIP/NDCS open letters for schools and colleges on coronavirus and education support for deaf children, and RNIB/VIEW/NatSIP for support children and young people with vision impairment, have now been published (and translated into Welsh). Please find links to them on the

NDCS colleagues have updated their live coronavirus blog on exams. They have been updated to include the latest information on appealing grades. As before, they continue to highlight the important role of Teachers of the Deaf in advising on appropriate and accessible arrangements for any

Following the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday regarding the further easing of lockdown restrictions from the 17May, DfE have updated ...