Half of councils face insolvency over £5bn SEND deficit ticking timebomb Survey of councils suggests over half will fail to break even if a measure keeping deficits off their books ends as planned
Absent and excluded kids ‘should be assessed for SEND’ EPI report sets out 7 policy recommendations to tackle special needs ‘postcode lottery’
Revealed: The experts appointed to SEND inclusion panels The government has appointed a team of experts to evaluate how to make mainstream schools more inclusive
‘Umbrella’ SEND label is ‘misleading’, says inclusion tsar The government’s inclusion tsar believes ‘a lot of what we categorise as ‘special’ is normal and predictable’
Promise of eye tests in all special schools will create ‘huge unfunded burden’ Schools Week joined health minister Stephen Kinnock in Brent to look at the practicalities of the government’s pledge to provide free NHS tests in situ
Education committee SEND inquiry to focus on solutions MPs launch call for evidence in major inquiry to help fix broken special needs system
Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision Cash-strapped councils now face waiting until next year for an update on what will happen when the statutory override ends in 2026
Misbehaviour interrupts most lessons for 4 in 10 teachers And more than a quarter of secondary leaders flag weapon incidents
Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans Mainstream schools are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control