VNET EDUCATION CIC

Specialist CPD for SEND

Specialist training from experienced practitioners

This training supports those working with pupils in specialist provisions, including Special Schools, SRBs (Specialist Resource Bases), Enhanced SEND Provisions (ESPs) and similar targeted support pathways, ensuring practical strategies for inclusive practice in any context. 

Our SEND CPD sessions are led by experienced practitioners and designed for staff working across both special and mainstream school settings.
  • Sensory Circuits

    Virtual Event

    This online training is designed to train and upskill teachers in running sensory circuits for pupils that need support with emotional or physical regulation in their schools.

  • De-escalate Like a Champion!

    Virtual Event

    This online session will explore strategies and tips that everyone can learn to help children who feel angry, upset or overwhelmed. This session is ideal for Teaching Assistants.

  • Peer Review – Leadership: Inclusion

    Centrum, Norwich Research Park Centrum, Norwich Research Park, Norwich

    This half-day session will set out protocols and explore effective review activities, ensuring alignment with elements of the new inspection framework. The focus will be on visits to schools that...

  • Writing for All

    Virtual Event

    This professional development session will examine the multifaceted nature of writing and the neurological processes that underpin it. It will be broken into 3 parts: the whole school, the classroom, and the pupil.

  • Engagement Model Monitoring

    The Parkside School The Parkside School, College Road, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

    This is an opportunity to access further training and discussion around provisions using the engagement model to support and assess pupils currently accessing the engagement model. The in-person session will...

  • Peer Review – Special Schools

    Centrum, Norwich Research Park Centrum, Norwich Research Park, Norwich

    This half-day session is exclusively for headteachers and senior leaders working in special schools, and offers a focused opportunity to engage with a structured peer review approach tailored to the...

  • Using Your School’s IDSR to Inform Intervention Strategy

    Roundwood Roundwood, 44 Ringland Road, Taverham, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

    Following the February 2027 release of the updated Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR), this session will support school leaders to reflect on the effectiveness of previous interventions and plan forward...

  • The VNET Annual Conference

    Norwich City Football Club Norwich City Football Club, Carrow Road, Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom

    The VNET Annual Conference puts inclusion firmly at the centre, bringing together educators and school leaders to explore the power of high-quality classroom practices. Keynote: High Expectations, Different Routes: Adapting Access...

  • Reading for All

    Virtual Event

    This session provides practical guidance on ensuring that every learner can engage with reading. By grounding our strategy in Uta Frith’s Three Stages of Reading Acquisition and Scarborough’s Reading Rope,...