CPD for educators
supporting SEND.
Upskill staff in complex needs, achieve compliance and raise whole-school standards, all on one platform.
Achieve complete peace of mind.

Professional Development
Meet your statutory training requirements & raise standards with expert-led courses, webinars, podcasts & parent guides.

Compliance
Management
Meet your statutory policy requirements & be ready for any change with on-demand expert guidance, policies & templates.

People
Development
Meet your statutory appraisal requirements & streamline performance reviews with online appraisal management software.
Join over 15,000 member schools.
One seamless information flow.
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Know
Understand the latest government changes
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Respond
Get expert guidance to make informed decisions
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Implement
Take instant action in line with school priorities
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Evidence
Meet and showcase all your statutory requirements




Know
Understand the latest government changes

Respond
Get expert guidance to make informed decisions

Implement
Take instant action in line with school priorities

Evidence
Meet and showcase all your statutory requirements

Tailor-made for special schools.

Meet statutory requirements
Easily meet all your training, policy and appraisal requirements with expert-led courses, templates and software simplifying whole-school compliance.

Get expert insight on SEND
Learn from the most trusted experts and institutions in SEND. Help staff deliver a semi-formal curriculum and build children’s social and emotional skills.

Understand complex needs
Strengthen continuous learning and development to give staff the skills needed to work with complex needs and support recruitment and retention.

Support staff wellbeing
Get unlimited access to mental health and wellbeing resources that support staff to better cope with stress, increased workload and challenging situations.
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Learners
Loved by special schools.
It can be challenging to source professional development on certain topics, but we can access such a range with The National College. We’ve started uploading our external CPD too, so everything is in one place which is really helpful. We’ve had really good feedback from all staff.
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Loxley Hall School
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The biggest positive of The National College is the wide range of CPD and the ability for all staff members to learn something new. I'm struggling to think of anything negative, it's really nice to see regularly updated CPD.

Woodsetton School
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I was recently looking back at some of my CPD, and some of the courses were so niche and specific to us as a college. With The National College, the training is delivered on a level where everyone can understand, which I think is really important.
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Fir Tree College
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The National College is certainly more manageable and time effective than previous platforms I have had experience in using. Having that whole school overview and being able to monitor what CPD has been completed on an individual level allows me to maximise the impact of the CPD.

Tettenhall Wood School
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