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Watch 3 SENDcast Sessions sharing best practice from 3 award winning independent special schools
Celebrating the latest
NASS Award Winners
Watch 3 FREE SENDcast Sessions to share SEND best practice
from award winning special schools
– The NASS Awards celebrate excellence in independent special schools –
Once a year the National Association of Special Schools (NASS) brings its members together to recognise excellence in special schools. It’s a chance for schools to shout about their successes, celebrate staff teams and recognise the difference they are making.
The SENDcast is proud to showcase some of last year’s NASS Award winners – so we can all learn from their success.
Special Contribution Award: Kerry Taylor – Principal, Highgate Hill House School
Leading a remarkable and lasting school turnaround
Innovation Award: Northern Counties School
Measuring Therapy Outcomes – a groundbreaking new tool for children with complex needs
Outstanding Impact Award: William Henry Smith Foundation
An award-winning careers service empowering students with SEMH needs
FREE SEND CPD Sessions – showcasing NASS Award Winners
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meet the winning schools
Kerry Taylor, Principal at Highgate Hill House School, explains how she led a remarkable and lasting turnaround since becoming Principal. Her leadership is widely recognised as the driving force behind a safer, happier and more ambitious school environment where learners and staff feel valued, empowered and are thriving. Kerry received the NASS Award for Special Contribution.
Mollie Saint-Henaghan and Zoe Cook from the therapy team at Northern Counties School explain how they developed a groundbreaking tool to measure therapy outcomes for children with complex needs. Their innovative Paediatric Learning Disability and Complex Needs MDT scale is now published in the TOMs manual and gaining national recognition. They received the NASS Award for Innovation.
Hear from Head of School, Karl Adamski and Careers Leads, Adele Greenleaf and Clair Britton. The team from the William Henry Smith Foundation showcase how its innovative careers service delivers outstanding, tailored support for students with SEMH needs. In 2024, every school leaver secured a post-16 placement – a 100% success rate. They received the NASS Award for Outstanding Impact.
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About NASS
The National Association of Special Schools represents its membership of non-local authority maintained special schools in England and Wales, delivering support, recognition and national representation of their important work. The organisation works in close partnership with its members, other SEND organisations, central and local government, providing insight, information and opinion to help shape the future of special education. The NASS Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of member schools. They’re a powerful reminder of the life-changing impact of special schools and the innovative, inclusive ways they support children and young people.
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