SEND

Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision

Cash-strapped councils now face waiting until next year for an update on what will happen when the statutory override...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Behaviour

Misbehaviour interrupts most lessons for 4 in 10 teachers

And more than a quarter of secondary leaders flag weapon incidents

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans

Mainstream schools are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told

Move follows budget's £1 billion boost in high needs funding

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND provision

Phoenix flying in to launch SEND classrooms

Could a trial in a London borough that supports special schools to set up provision in mainstream schools provide...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
SEND

Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals

A cash-strapped local authority has made a series of controversial recommendations to ministers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

School SEND reports harder to read than Stephen Hawking book

Experts warn 'we ought to be able to explain SEND to parents more clearly than someone explains cosmology'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND: DfE finally considers pupil impact of safety valve scheme

Move comes three years after controversial cost-cutting scheme was launched

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND delays ‘making children vulnerable’ to violence – report

Inspectorates, including Ofsted, warn delays in assessing SEND needs are 'putting children at greater risk of harm'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth