Nene Education Trust
Providing pupils with a place to belong
How many young people in our schools continue to wear armour? Are guarded… closed… afraid to let their barriers down? A lot… too many. But this level of self-protection may be the only way to survive at home or in their lives outside school. And over recent years, this armour has probably grown thicker and could last longer. In Dare to Lead, Brene Brown says: ‘What we
can do, and what we are ethically called to do, is create a space in our schools and classrooms where students can walk in and, for that day or hour, take off the crushing weight of their armour, hang it on a rack, and open their heart to truly being seen’. Education trusts like ours are playing a pivotal
part in helping ensure all children are provided with the support and help they need to reach their potential within the classroom and beyond, and
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Matt Coleman Director of School Improvement Nene Education Trust
this is why our focus on special educational needs is so important. Recognising the rising requirement to provide support for pupils
with special educational needs and disabilities, the Nene Education Trust made the conscious and deliberate decision to appoint a Trust wide SEND Lead as a priority in September 2021. Nene Education Trust aims ‘to unlock the potential of all
children, remove the barriers to aspiration and ensure that all children succeed’. Many school trusts appoint a director of maths or English as their fi rst appointment, focusing on academic subjects. However, at the Nene Education Trust, we took the decision to appoint a Trust SEND, safeguarding and mental health & wellbeing lead fi rst, as these three separate roles are incredibly important and pivotal to true inclusion. Our eight schools, collectively, have a total of 2,972 pupils, of which,
436 are identifi ed as having special educational needs. Karen Stevenson, our Trust’s SEND Lead, explained: “T e SEND aim
is to off er provision in all of our schools, in conjunction with colleagues and external professionals, which enables all learners to thrive socially, emotionally and academically from their start points.” As part of this, the Trust has just run its annual Trust training day
where over 200 teachers gathered to take part in SEND training. Karen and the school SENDCOs led workshops on the four key areas of need which included top tips on how to support pupils in the classroom. Expertise and experience were shared across all eight schools, which teach pupils from reception through to Sixth Form.
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