The law, and education, is transforming to reflect the changes in the SEN landscape. Recent statistics indicate that as many as one in five children in the UK have a special educational need (SEN); a number that has increased steadily in the past four years.

This has resulted in a number of changes; for example, teachers undergoing Bachelor of Education Initial Teacher Training (BEd ITT) now undertake a module on special educational needs and existing SENCOs now have qualified teacher status. Newly appointed SENCOs now receive accredited training in order to further increase the quality of teaching for SEN pupils in mainstream education.

Plays are written to be seen and heard, but for many schools and individuals theatre trips can be difficult to organise and expensive and that's assuming the play you want to see is being performed within travelling distance.

HMRC has launched a new teaching resource for secondary schools - Tax Matters.

The free, online interactive resource includes videos, quizzes and games, as well as key facts and figures, to help young people learn about tax and its role in society.

In an era where digital technology is evolving at an astonishing rate, the capacity to generate and disseminate knowledge is causing a shift in how education is delivered, both inside and outside the classroom. Bridgeman Education - www.bridgemaneducation.com - is heading up a £1.9 million government funded research project called SILVER (Semantic Interactive Learning Visualisation Environment Research) - www.silvereducation.org - that is exploring new and innovative ways to deliver visualised learning.

More than 150 school business managers (SBMs) across nine regions (regional breakdown at end of release) have been awarded either the Certificate of School Business Management (CSBM) or the more advanced Diploma of School Business Management (DSBM) by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL).

At some point, most of us daydream about packing our bags and leaving the UK to live and work abroad. But for a growing number of teachers, that dream is becoming a reality. Education recruitment specialists at Eteach International report that they have never been so busy supplying professionals for posts overseas.