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 hard to come by
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
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’
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 how to measure their effectiveness
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’
SEND deficit support ‘not unlimited’ as funding review pledged Support given to councils will be ‘linked to assurance’ they are moving towards an inclusive education system
You can’t build inclusion on calming spaces alone Space is not the same as capacity. It’s a key difference that matters, writes Dr Nic Crossley
Identifying inclusion: Lessons for Labour from councils, charities and the sector The government wants a more inclusive school system. But how do you measure inclusion? We spoke to those already doing so and heard from the experts about what’s possible
Schools lack resources to keep pupils with SEND – Ofsted Report reveals inconsistent support for pupils with SEND who are out of school and at risk of leaving