Opinion

When everyone is SEND trained inclusion is part of your culture

Julie Prentice shares five things she and trust colleagues learned from developing a SEND training model over the past...

Samantha Booth
Julie Prentice
Opinion

How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence

Close communication, working on life skills and connecting with the wider community are among the ways Launceston’s alternative resource...

Samantha Booth
Matthew Thompson
Inclusion

Revealed: DfE’s secret plan to cut special school expansion

Documents reveal how councils' deficit plans will get top ratings for avoiding expanding specialist provision

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND: MPs’ warning over home-to-school transport costs

The public accounts committee identifies 'glaring' unanswered questions on transport costs, predicted to reach £3bn in 2030

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Assessment

Ofqual boss hears pupils’ confessions on AI

'It’s getting harder and harder to detect it,' warns Sir Ian Bauckham

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Allergy guidance: What schools need to know

Proposed statutory guidance says all schools should stock spare allergy pens

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

David Bell to lead independent review on antisemitism in schools

School leaders have welcomed any support in tackling the issue

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

DfE eyes private special school veto

Phillipson set to have powers to stop independent special schools opening or expanding where there's 'limited evidence of demand'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

Minister’s rallying cry for expert SEND staff to return

Georgia Gould pledged staff like educational psychologists will be in classrooms under new 'experts at hand' service

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth