Nursery World - SEN teachers and support staff awarded Government-funded scholarships

More than 400 special educational needs teachers and support staff have been awarded scholarships worth thousands of pounds to develop their specialist knowledge and skills.

Scholarships have been awarded to 303 SEN teachers and 113 SEN support staff, as well as 98 English, maths and science teachers.

The scholarships, awarded for the third year of the Department for Education’s National Scholarship Fund for Teacher and SEN support staff, are worth up to £3,500 for SEN teachers.

This is the second round for SEN support staff, with successful candidates receiving scholarships worth up to £2,000.

Applications for the second round for SEN support staff and third round for SEN teachers opened on 8 April and closed on 23 April 2013.

The National Scholarship Fund is administered by the National College for Teaching and Leadership.

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