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by Amjad Ali (Author)
Special Educational Needs are wide ranging and important to consider. No matter the setting, age, or subject it is imperative for all teachers to be up to date and confident with providing an accessible education for all their students. This little book provides you with the perfect starting point. Packed with essential information and practical ways to support the multitude of needs in your classroom, this book is a must-have for teachers.
This book is:
- Authored by an expert SENDCo and consultant
- Easy to dip in-and-out of
- Full of interactive activities, encouraging you to write into the book and make it your own
- Short and can be read in an afternoon!
Author Biography
Amjad Ali is regarded as one of the most engaging and empowering voices in the fields of inclusive leadership and professional development. With his trademark humour, warmth and clarity, Amjad brings a rare ability to translate the complexities of teaching and educational leadership into practical strategies that challenge, inspire and stick.
Having spent over 19 years teaching and leading in diverse and high-need schools; including seven years as a founding leadership team member of a new secondary start up school. Amjad now serves as CPD and Inclusion Lead for the Chiltern Learning Trust, supporting leaders, teachers and school communities to grow cultures of equity, ambition and sustained professional learning.
Amjad's delivery is grounded in lived experience. He began his career as a play worker and then a teaching assistant in young offender institutions before training as a teacher and later becoming an Advanced Skills Teacher in Teaching and Learning, before training as a SENDCO and senior leader. This journey has shaped a leadership philosophy rooted in equity, high expectations and transformational CPD.
He has delivered keynotes, workshops and INSET to audiences across all phases of education, from early career teachers to CEOs working with over 650 schools and thousands of educators across the UK and internationally. Whether in front of newly qualified teachers or leading a trust-wide leadership event, Amjad's sessions are consistently praised for being funny, thought-provoking, energising and immediately actionable.
A sought-after leadership speaker and CPD specialist, Amjad supports schools to refine their approaches to training and inclusion so that professional development becomes embedded, evidence-informed and impactful. His mantra is simple: What will you now try, refine and ditch.
He also co-founded The BAMEed Network, a national grassroots organisation committed to diversifying educational leadership and ensuring equity across the system -- a mission that continues to shape his work in inclusive leadership today.
