SEND

Council faces legal action over controversial safety valve deal

Parents call for 'transparency' on high needs bail outs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Struggling council gets first SEND ‘improvement adviser’ 

John Coughlan, who is also a commissioner in Birmingham, will advise Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Analysis reveals extent of SEND stealth funding cuts

Special Needs Jungle research reveals top-up funding has been stagnant since 2018 in a third of areas

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Educational psychologist shortage having ‘significant impact’

Ombudsman warning after Surrey pupil's family needed counselling amid education, health and care plan delay

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

MPs: Councils face ‘cliff-edge’ of ‘bankruptcy’ over SEND funding

Committee urges ministers to agree 'realistic' steps and additional cash to eliminate high needs budget deficits

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Council bids to take special free school build into own hands

Bracknell Forest wants to get 'certainty' over opening date of vital special school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND shoots up political agenda as MPs reveal woes

A cross-party group of MPs detailed SEND system problems in their own constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis

Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to 'drive down prices'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

How investors are making millions from the ‘bankrupt’ SEND system

Independent special schools run by private equity firms are now propping up the sector amid a capacity crisis. But...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth