SEND

Councils’ SEND admin and transport costs balloon

Town halls expect to spend £1.2bn bussing pupils to school this year, and £300m on administration for SEND pupils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Lib Dems would halve schools’ SEND funding contribution to £3k

Party would give councils more money to cut what schools have to pay, and set up a 'national body'...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Three more councils slammed over ‘systematic SEND failings’

Oxfordshire, Oldham and Plymouth received the lowest rating in inspections of their SEND services this summer

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Councils DO have targets to ration EHCPs

Councils have conditions to 'manage demand' for EHCPs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Kent’s mainstream SEND plans ‘put pupils’ chances at risk’

Council's new target for 80 per cent of pupils with EHCPs in mainstream schools criticised

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

MPs demand answers from DfE after EHCP cuts target revealed

The education committee is 'concerned' children's ministers' evidence 'contradicts' Newton Europe contract

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Politics, SEND

David Johnston appointed children’s minister as Coutinho promoted

He becomes the seventh minister to oversee the important SEND reforms

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND review

Families face a postcode lottery for SEND support. That needs to change

Schools work tirelessly to meet pupils' needs, but often this job has been too hard, writes children's minister Claire...

Freddie Whittaker
Claire Coutinho MP
SEND

Revealed: 7 new SEND free schools for cash-strapped council areas

Ministers also confirm which councils will pilot major SEND reforms under £70m 'change programme'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth