SEND in crisis: ‘Whole-system reform needed’, says NAO Government’s spending watchdog also says councils need ‘urgent’ intervention to stop widespread financial meltdown
SEND in crisis: NAO’s 8 damning findings The government’s spending watchdog has called for ‘whole-system reform’ of special needs education, warning the system is ‘financially unsustainable’ and needs urgent solutions
SEND spend spotlight: the data keeping Labour up at night Ahead of an important report on SEND due next week, Schools Week looks at four of the most pressing concerns for Labour
Schools must be reimbursed for any national insurance hike, say unions Reports suggested the government could increase national insurance contributions
SEND tribunal costs spiral to £13m Record numbers of parents are appealing council refusals to issue EHCPs
Deadline for results checking service extended after tech issue New data service hit by technical problems in the first year it has been moved back in-house to the DfE
Phillipson urges ‘patience’ on SEND reforms Education secretary adds she is looking at how to help mainstream schools run their own special needs provision
6 key school findings from biggest annual parent survey Worrying findings on school absences, home education and children feeling unsafe at school
SEND: Backlash and legal threats as inclusion push turns sour Schools asked to ‘make the case’ for funding and sign up to inclusion charters as councils try to boost inclusion