Opinion

Guessing why more children may have complex needs isn’t complex

The system that we currently have - formulated in around 2014 is completely unworkable

Freddie Whittaker
Rebecca Leek
Inclusion

Recruiter: Hire us and get EHCP applications done free

Concerns over 'troubling commodification of statutory SEND processes at a time when schools are already overwhelmed'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Revealed: DfE’s orders to councils as SEND reforms quietly begin

Whitehall tells councils not to wait for the white paper or further information on deficits to get started

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Piloted in-school SEND support ‘cut exclusions’ – report

Standardised EHCPs also welcomed by parents and councils, researchers find

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

The long, lonely wait for SEND help

As schools and families await the white paper, Schools Week speaks to three families who have found specialist provision...

Samantha Booth
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

Extra SEND cash coming, says DfE, as councils’ woes deepen

Minister says white paper will bring 'additional’ funding as town halls warn high needs freeze will worsen deficits

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

New £200m scheme ‘will offer SEND training to all teaching staff’

A 'comprehensive' new package of training is hoped to 'upskill all staff in every school, college and nursery'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Opinion

Given the choice, do we want SEND segregation in education?

If we accept specialist facilities should exist primarily to support inclusion, rather than as parallel systems, we must consider...

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Vasilis Strogilos
Academies

Lift academy trust set to hand over two special schools

The 58-school MAT believes both academies will be 'best supported within a specialist trust'

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson