Opinion

Internal inclusion units in schools will not fix behaviour

The answer to schools’ behaviour problems is not to create more unregulated provision – accountability is key, says Jackie...

Jackie Ward
Jackie Ward
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
Opinion

Independent special schools are cost effective

It is in everyone’s interests to get SEND support right, says Claire Dorer. For many pupils that means a...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

£215 million to adapt building for SEND pupils won’t go to most needy

Special needs funding is now being allocated as “a blunt instrument”, with cash handed out based on population growth,...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
News

Private special school places cost £480 million per year

A lack of state-funded places is forcing councils to spend hundreds of millions of pounds to send pupils to...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

An autism diagnosis doesn’t mean other special needs are being missed

An autism diagnosis doesn’t mean other special needs are being missed – it’s just the first step in the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Autism diagnosis can cause other special needs to be ‘neglected’

Schools are struggling to support the rising numbers of pupils diagnosed with autism because the label means other learning...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

How SEND became a headline issue in 2016

There have been a few low points, but champions for pupils with SEND still emerged this year, says Anita...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor