European School Education Platform newsletter

Teaching sensitive or controversial topics can be challenging and even increase tension, threaten wellbeing and increase the risk of pupils becoming radicalised. It’s important to recognise these challenges and to develop teaching approaches and resources that support inclusive and respectful discussions.

Share your views in our latest survey, open until 28 February.

Supporting pupils with special educational needs (SEN) in mainstream classrooms requires an inclusive approach, paying specific attention to the unique needs of all pupils in the classroom. Strategies like differentiation and personalised learning help pupils with SEN reach their full potential by understanding that every person is a unique individual who brings a different prior experience of learning to the classroom.

The Helder havo/vwo school in the Netherlands, explained to us how they put this into practice and use specialised support to help learners on the autism spectrum thrive, both in and beyond the classroom.

Check out all our content on special educational needs.  

Upcoming courses:

• Using debate in the classroom: critical thinking, inquiry, and communication skills, 27.01.2025

Upcoming webinars:

• Building bridges: how volunteering transforms classrooms, 23.01.2025

Webinar recordings:

• Webinar series on collaborative approaches in special education needs, 22–25.11.2024
• Supporting students with special education needs, 25.11.2024
• Universal design for learning and eTwinning in action, 29.11.2024
• Empowering literacy and digital skills with the “Let's Book Trailers” project, 4.12.2024
• Mastering classroom management: practical strategies for European educators, 10.12.2024

• Teaching material: Yard4ll: non-formal SEN learning and teaching environments
• Publication: Transition from Special Education to Inclusive Education Systems
• Publication: Input paper on special educational needs
• Publication: Creative Minds, Creative Schools – PISA 2022 Results (Volume III)
• Publication: Tackling different forms of discrimination in and through education and training
• Podcast: Special educational needs
• Podcast: Integrating European values into the classroom
• News article: New Erasmus+ Jean Monnet call for projects
• News article: European Innovative Teaching Award (EITA) projects on SEN

Toolkit for school success: The latest resources dedicated to school success, inclusive education and wellbeing at school.

• School of Support in Croatia: promoting resilience, inclusion and mental health
• WeUnique – Resources for teachers to create an inclusive classroom environment
• EEF early years toolkit to share impactful solutions
• Hand in Hand – Empowering teachers across Europe