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

Upheld SEND complaints rise 25% in a year

'These statistics expose the extent to which local authorities continue to fail children and young people with SEND'

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti
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
Inclusion

More than half of specialist free school projects set to go ahead

Councils faced a choice between a new school and accepting alternative funding for SEND expansion

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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

Will reforms fix the SEND funding crisis?

Councils may face a rise in requests for EHCPs to secure special school places ahead of the reforms

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti
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
Schools white paper

Schools in ‘eye of the storm’ of SEND complaints

Schools will have a legal duty to create digital individual support plans for all children with additional needs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools white paper

Kevan Collins to be Phillipson’s SEND delivery adviser

Collins, already a senior DfE figure, will focus on white paper roll-out and reviewing how DfE 'engages with councils'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth