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The National Association of Independent Schools & Non-Maintained Special Schools

NASS is a membership organisation working with and for special schools in the independent, voluntary and private sectors within the UK. NASS is proud of its role in improving opportunities and standards for special schools outside of Local Authority control. NASS is the voice of the non-maintained special school sector. They promote the role of high quality specialist provision within a modern inclusive education service that respects the choices of children, their families and carers. NASS works in close partnership with member schools, other SEND organisations and central government to achieve this.

Reports from NASS

Special School Leaders

Adopting Appreciative Inquiry: An approach to building on Success

Structure

Eat to Learn, Learn to Eat

Involving Everyone: a Whole School Approach to Behaviour Management

Motivation, morale and movement: Creating a distributed leadership model in a new and growing school

Changing, improving and learning is a game we all play, as leaders of education

Closing the Gap: Needs-Led Curriculum Interventions

Ways you can show good progress and improve your accreditation framework

Getting the Special out of Specials

Reports of interest to NASS

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. First Report of Session 2019-20

Not Going to Plan – Education, Health and Care plans two years on

Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England

Book of Case Studies: Special School Leaders

 

A collection of case studies from special school leaders. This book is the result of a year long leadership programme delivered by NASS and AKN Consulting for leaders of independent schools and non-maintained special schools. As part of the programme participants designed and implemented leadership projects within their schools and these are their stories. The eight case studies within cover structural changes, staff re-organisation, implementing new initiatives and new approaches for assessing and improving outcomes for children.

 

Edited by Anita Kerwin-Nye and Matt Overd. Foreword by NASS Chief Executive Claire Dorer.

 

Download as a pdf here