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The B Squared team has been working on a major upgrade to our existing Connecting Steps assessment software for the past 18 months. On Thursday 6 May we rolled out our exciting new, faster Connecting Steps V5 as a FREE upgrade for all of our existing V4 customers.

Breaking News - Steps4Life is now launched. It is our new framework to assess individuals with SEND who are working towards independent living and a great way to support your older learners preparing for adulthood.

To improve outcomes and opportunities for students with autism, we need to improve our understanding of how their autism affects them. This is where autism profiling can help! Find out more about our autism profiling tool - Autism Progress.

New changes are coming from September 2021. The Government has removed P levels 1-4 and replaced them with The Engagement Model. How are you meant to assess pupils who are not engaged in subject specific learning from now on? Find out about our Engagement Steps assessment framework.

All 12 SEND expert presentations are now confirmed for the next Virtual SEND Conference taking place on Friday 21 May. This conference is focused on Quality First Teaching, helping schools to enable all children to achieve to the best of their ability. Register your interest TODAY to get 30% OFF with our Early Bird discount.

Evisense is a digital e-portfolio learning journal for schools. It makes storing evidence of learning easy and saves teachers time. See our tips and tricks to make the most of using Evisense in your school. 

45 SEND CPD videos available for your school to access online immediately! All the videos are from The Virtual SEND Conferences plus a brand-new training course on ‘managing behaviour and reducing the risk of exclusion in schools.’

The B Squared team has been working on a major upgrade to our existing Connecting Steps assessment software for the past 12 months. We are beyond excited to share the news with you that it’s nearly ready.

The B Squared team has been hard at work creating our new Early Steps 2021 assessment framework since the launch of the Early Years Foundation Stage 2021 Framework for early adopters, and the release of the new Development Matters 2020. We’re pleased to share the news that it’s now available to purchase.

All 12 SEND expert presentations are now confirmed for the next Virtual SEND Conference taking place on Friday 27 November. It's an EHCP Special, covering everything you need to know about Education Health and Care Plans and how to ensure your pupils with SEND get the support they need.

Great news! B Squared’s assessment frameworks have already been updated to fit the new curriculum. This means teachers can easily assess pupils’ progress in Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health Education from day one. 

We asked James Waller, Deputy Headteacher at Sunningdale Teaching School Alliance to tell us how he uses our Engagement Steps framework to support his pupils with complex needs.

CPD that you can access online has never been more relevant than in the current national crisis due to COVID-19. The good news is that we now have 33 SEND CPD videos available for your school to access immediately! Purchase all 33 videos for under £150 and share them with everyone in your school.

Exciting news!! We have partnered with The Seashell Trust to bring Parent Talks to parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. 

We want to help! We’ve been thinking about how the B Squared team can help our customer schools during this challenging time. We’ve put our heads together (virtually) and come up with 3 ideas for FREE help, information and advice from B Squared.

Maybe your pupils have painted the front of their house as a rainbow for the NHS, maybe they are sewing PPE for the local community, maybe they have raised money like Captain Tom Moore!! Can you see what your pupils are achieving at home?  Feel connected, build positive relationships and get parents on board during the lockdown period.

Last week's Virtual SEND Conference was a great success and one of our busiest yet with over 4000 views on the day! When you purchase access to a Virtual SEND Conference, it's for the whole school! So all staff can get online CPD around SEND, not just the SENCO.