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Access arrangements for SEND pupils ‘too strict and confusing’, say exam officers

Schools find exam access arrangements increasingly strict and confusing, according to the body that represents exams officers. Many schools...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Headteacher boards swerve post-16 and SEND despite DfE promises

The headteacher boards have been ignoring post-16 and SEND experts in their decisions on academisation – even though the...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

SEND experts demand review of high-needs funding rules

New funding rules will create a “perverse incentive” for schools to “over-identify” pupils as having special educational needs and...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

5 things to celebrate about special educational needs provision in 2017

We all know that special educational needs provision is nowhere near where we need it to be, but that’s...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
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Pupils on ‘SEN support’ fare worse than pupils with EHCPs

Pupils with special needs have better outcomes if they have an education health and care plan (EHCP) or statement...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

Stop labelling summer-born pupils as SEN!

There’s a huge difference in the attainment of older and younger pupils in the same year, and it’s too...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

SEN pupils more likely to be unhappy at school, study finds

Secondary pupils with special educational needs (SEN) are more likely to be unhappy at school than their peers, a...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Nearly half of schools fail to offer work experience to SEND pupils

One in three schools is not offering pupils with special educational needs (SEND) work experience, sidelining “precisely” the young...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
SEND

SEND learners are airbrushed from education policy

Influential literacy reports by leading think tanks and charities have ignored the thousands of children who will never catch...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor