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
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’
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
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
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
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’
Schools white paper: The key SEND reform policies DfE documents finally flesh out proposed ‘layered’ approach
SEND bailout could ‘reduce incentives to contain costs’ Leaders welcome plan to write off 90% of deficits, but warn there is ‘not currently enough money in the system’
We’ll fail a generation if we say SEND reform is too difficult Debate is essential, but we must not squander a once-in-a-generation chance to build a truly inclusive education system, writes Tom Rees