Dyslexia Training: Should It Be Compulsory? - 16/10/12
Join the campaign to improve dyslexia teacher training. Campaign ends 31st of October....
View ArticleDyslexia Training Campaign Update - 5/11/12
The e-petition campaign to make Dyslexia training compulsory needs your help! Join us!
View ArticleGive Learning Disabled Young People Genuine Education Choices - 13/11/12
Join the campaign to make specialist education a right and not a hope. Nisai is proud of the opportunities it provides students who would struggle with mainstream education and we know that each person...
View ArticleStudents Falling Between the Cracks- 26/11/12
John Domokos of the Guardian created a video highlighting a boy named Darren, who fell between the cracks after a "managed move" failed and missed 14 months of schooling before an answer was found. It...
View ArticleMPs Report on Home Schooling Highlights SEN Issues 14/01/13
The 18 December report published by the House of Commons Education Committee on home schooling highlighted the variations in support by LAs. MP Graham Stuart said: "Local authorities have a duty to see...
View ArticleNew DfE Guidance: Educating Children with Health Needs - 18 Jan 2013
New statutory guidance to local authorities has taken account of the advice of the The TYMES Trust in regards to children unable to attend school because of illness. The role of virtual education is...
View ArticleGrowth in Homeschooling Hits the Airwaves
Nisai's Education Consultant Nigel Willis appeared on BBC Radio Sussex during a call-in show on the 10% growth of homeschooling in Sussex.
View ArticleLack of IT Skills Hinders NEETS Says Princes Trust - 13 March 2013
The Prince’s Trust just released their study into Digital Literacy, revealing that thousands of young people, particularly NEETS, are growing up without the computer literacy skills they need to find...
View ArticleOnline pedagogy: reaching out to the 'hard-to-reach' learners
A peer-reviewed article on "Online pedagogy: reaching out to the 'hard-to-reach learners" was published by the Journal Of Assistive Technologies on 14 March, based on research with Nisai students.
View ArticleShould Non-mainstream children be forgotten?
We have been looking at the details of the Children and Families Bill, in Bill Committee Stage in the Commons. Currently, the Bill focuses on provision for children with special educational needs that...
View ArticleGCSE Changes and the Forgotten Thousand
GCSE changes announced by Michael Gove on Tuesday may help rampant grade inflation, but what about the forgotten 100,000? ...
View ArticleSuccess in Narrowing the Gap Now an Ofsted Criteria
As of September, "narrowing the gap" stats will also impact Ofsted scores, according to the DfE, who say: "It is unlikely that a school will be judged ‘outstanding’ if its disadvantaged pupils are not...
View ArticleReform of FE and Vocational Education
Included in the changes is the requirement, as of September 2013, for students who fail to achieve a GCSE A*-C in either English or maths at age 16 will be expected to continue to study these subjects....
View ArticleExam Results Dilemma Can Be Solved!
As students start receiving exam results this week, ending up with poor grades has a new and larger impact. Which means we need new solutions to help them!
View ArticleTeenagers have to keep studying English and maths
More teachers needed is today's cry! But it is not just about teachers. For many of the most educationally disadvantaged students, it is pedagogy that needs to change. We have discovered this with...
View ArticleGCSE Resits Dilemma
As we talk to schools and colleges about how they are coping with resits for students who were not successful in attaining a C or better grade in English and/or Maths, very practical concerns are being...
View ArticleHow in the World do we fix our literacy and Numeracy?
What a week it has been for statistics on our young people's attainment in literacy and numeracy. It is obvious that we need new ways to tackle these issues. To that end, Nisai is bringing its pedagogy...
View ArticleWill the Children and Families Bill Be Inclusive?
Countess Mar unequivocally states, online and blended learning should be “properly embedded" in the Children and Families Bill if it is to support learners with barriers preventing them from accessing...
View ArticleCan Autism be a cause for exclusion?
On 11th February, Ambitious about Autism launched a campaign, Ruled Out, to focus on the reasons why children with autism miss out on school. They discovered that 4 in 10 children with autism have been...
View ArticleResearch into ME - less important than male baldness???
Nisai student Amy Hall is raising awareness of M.E and money for the amazing charity Tymes Trust, so they may continue to support others like her. This illness affects over 250,000 people in the UK alone.
View ArticleAnti-Bullying Week: Breaking the Cycle
It is National Anti-Bullying Week,17th - 21st November 2014. At Nisai, we provide support for both the bullied and the bully, and help break the cycle.
View ArticleOnline Learning Supports Students with Learning Disabilities
Learning Disability Today's front page article in their Nov/Dec issue highlights "how online learning can help students with learning disabilities who struggle in traditional classrooms." Even the...
View ArticleAre ME Children still suffering Discrimination?
We have worked closely for years now with The Young ME Sufferers Trust, understanding the educational needs of ME students. Now we want to support them in their new campaign, FIGHTING INJUSTICE,...
View ArticleIllegally excluding SEN students?
Study finds that's students with SEN excluded or kept out of schools illegally.
View ArticleTeaching without an Unconscious Bias
A study shows that teachers have an unconscious bias towards poorer students, but how does that change when you study online?
View ArticleOnline Learning - At its best
A recent Study has highlighted the lack of academic progress made by students in American Charter schools, here we outline what makes an online provision successful and achieve real outcomes for its...
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