‘An accident waiting to happen’: Schools forced to provide medical care for vulnerable pupils Situation so bad one trust may be forced to take legal action against its local health board
1 in 20 pupils now have EHCP after numbers rise again New data shows 11 per cent yearly rise in number of pupils with education, health and care plans amid government reform plans
‘Wholly unsuitable’ EHCPs, long waits for help: SEND inspection failures revealed Ofsted proposes ‘pool of inspectors’ and report cards to improve SEND inspections as shortcomings revealed
‘Burnt out and isolated’: the staff on the SEND crisis frontline SENCos will be central to any government plan to make mainstream schools more inclusive. But are their roles even sustainable now?
Extra £1bn SEND funding is ‘not reaching children’ Many councils aren’t passing on the funding allocated for high needs at last year’s budget
SEND reforms: the backlash begins ‘If SEND isn’t fixed now – it will become so broken and big, it never gets resolved’, says one source. But parents are already ‘panicked’. Schools Week investigates
Schools could face SEND tribunal penalties Direction forcing schools and councils to follow rules on evidence bundles follows deluge of ‘irrelevant’ information
Surrey council’s block on education communications angers MPs Authority ‘will no longer provide a response to individual cases where a more appropriate alternative route is available’
EHCP shake-up considered as part of SEND reforms, adviser confirms The plans – or a new alternative – could be ‘narrowed’ to special schools only, adviser suggests