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​Teachers across the UK are increasingly seeking professional development in special educational needs to better support their diverse classrooms.

Ensuring that all students have access to effective learning materials is of the utmost importance in special education. Educators and parents can take significant steps toward inclusivity by utilising a PDF editor. This tool allows for creating and modifying educational resources that comply with accessibility standards, ultimately benefitting learners with disabilities.

The leasing of school minibuses became a panacea for educational organisations, such as providing safe and dependable student transportation, especially for physically challenged students in this case.

Disability Month offers a key moment to reflect on how we can make society more inclusive for everyone. It’s an opportunity to shine a light on the challenges faced by individuals with disabilities and, more importantly, to celebrate their contributions to the world around us.

Queen Alexandra College (QAC), a national residential College and charity located in Birmingham, has again been awarded the ‘We invest in people’, silver accreditation following a recent assessment by Investors in People, the global benchmarking organisation for people management and leadership.

Queen Alexandra College (QAC) students and clients came together at the world-famous Royal Albert Hall to perform songs and music in front of thousands.

LVS Hassocks, an award winning, autism specific school, has been announced as winner of the Independent Schools Association (ISA) Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) School of the Year Award for 2023.

QAC Sight Village, the UK’s leading exhibitions for blind and partially sighted people, welcomes Deafblind UK as sponsors of their 2023 events.

Students at LVS Oxford, a specialist, independent school for young people with autism are celebrating a 100% pass rate in all GCSE subjects taken.

Students at the multi award winning, specialist school for young people with autism, LVS Hassocks, are celebrating a range of fantastic results from this year’s GCSE’s, BTEC’s and other qualifications.

Queen Alexandra College has been placed number 4 in the Top 100 Most Inclusive Workplaces Index 2022 at the National Centre for Diversity (NCfD) FREDIE Awards.

Students enrolled on Queen Alexandra College’s Supported Internship programme, Abdullah, Charlotte and Joe, have all been offered job roles at HSBC – achieving their long-term goal of gaining paid employment!

Students at Fairfield Farm College have won the Student Council Award at Westbury Young People Awards 2022.

The entire WEMMS family are delighted to announce that after a long search they have a new home from September 2022.

It’s been an incredibly busy month for students at Fairfield Farm College, a specialist college based in Dilton Marsh.

An EHCNA is a holistic assessment of a child or young person’s education, health and care needs carried out by their local authority. It involves a number of professionals and people within education, heath and care, and is the first step of the Education, Health and Care Plan process.

Queen Alexandra College student, Charlie, has been selected as a Games Ambassador Team Member at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games taking place this summer.

QAC has achieved the prestigious Leaders in Diversity Award from the National Centre for Diversity. The award recognises organisations going above and beyond in their commitment to the FREDIE values of fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement.

Students at Fairfield Farm College have been working with the Wiltshire Museum on a new 4-week project, focusing on the work of WW2 landscape artist Eric Ravilious. His work captured many beautiful paintings of the chalk downloads of Wiltshire and Sussex.

Queen Alexandra College are delighted to share that Bev Jessop, Principal & CEO, has won in the Company Leader of the Year (100+ employees) category at the West Midlands Leadership Awards 2021.

Fairfield Farm College, a college for young adults with learning disabilities based in Dilton Marsh, has recently started working with power tool and security technology giants Stanley Black & Decker.

Students at Fairfield Farm College recently supported the Wylye Valley Art Trail 2021, showcasing a display of their creative artwork.

Former Queen Alexandra College (QAC) performing arts student Calum recently featured in an episode of BBC drama series ‘Doctors’ which aired on Monday 15 March 2021.

Students at Fairfield Farm College have been busy fundraising for two fantastic causes over the past few weeks. Despite COVID-19 restrictions, students were able to raise an amazing amount of money and had to think of imaginative and different ways to fundraise.

If you have an EHC Plan and you are due to transfer from your current secondary school to a post 16 provision in September 2021, the Local Authority must issue a Final Amended EHC Plan naming the post 16 placement that you will be attending in September 2021 by 31st March 2021. This is a statutory deadline.

​Fairfield Farm College, a special needs college based in Dilton Marsh, is offering an exciting new teacher training opportunity, starting in September 2021.

Investors in People (IiP) is delighted to award Birmingham based Queen Alexandra College (QAC), a leading national residential college and charity, the ‘We invest in people’, silver accreditation.

​Selected from thousands of nominations, Paul Morris is one of just 76 Pearson National Teaching Awards Silver Award winners across the country, recognised for their outstanding commitment to changing the lives of the children they work with every day. Paul was honoured with a Silver Award in The Award for Excellence in Special Needs Education.

In February this year Gryphon School, a specialist therapeutic school for children and young people aged between 6 and 17 years old and based in Quorn Hall on Meynell Road, became part of the Cavendish Education Group; a small family of day and boarding schools catering specifically for children and young people with unique learning profiles.