400 women leaders, 30 networks, 19 countries and one weekend. On 2-4th October 2020, WomenEd held its first global unconference, a shining example of a positive development in Covid-19 times!

Read this excerpt from a summary of relevant mental health and student wellbeing reports from Patrick Watson, Managing Director of Montrose Public Affairs Consultants Ltd.

Read this summary of relevant policy, research and reports from Patrick Watson, Managing Director of Montrose Public Affairs Consultants Ltd.

Kiran Malik, social media manager at Falinge Park High School in Rochdale has recently graduated from SSAT’s Leadership Legacy Project. In this blog piece Kiran and her colleague Fozia Najib, mental health lead, write about the focus of Kiran’s Think Piece on how Instagram is being used as a wellbeing tool at the school.

It’s not right that so few young people with SEND are able to gain employment – especially as those that do, often become valuable employees, as well as gaining fulfilment.

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s been important to us at SSAT to maintain contact with member schools in all countries. The K-12 Outreach team at Michigan State University have been SSAT members for many years enabling many teachers and leaders from across the state to be active participants in conferences, study visits and exchange of ideas and experiences with others in our global network. Director of K-12 Outreach Dr Bryan Beverly has recently shared this with us.

In the autumn term the fourth cohort of teachers will embark on their SSAT Leadership Legacy journey. This article shares the vision developed during the year by two Leadership Legacy Fellows from cohort 3 and gives an insight into the difference their think piece projects have made to their practice and the next steps they are planning.

As Corinne Settle, Senior Education Lead at SSAT, continues her improving mental health journey she explains why changing the big habits feels like and is the hardest step yet.

Especially in relation to the disadvantaged, and specifically in using education of adults as well as children to counter racism, says SSAT chief executive Sue Williamson. And that is why we are proud to be awarding the Race Charter Mark.

Drumbeat ASD School and ASD Service share what creating a personalised, meaningful curriculum has meant for the engagement, development and happiness of their learners.