SEND

MPs: Councils face ‘cliff-edge’ of ‘bankruptcy’ over SEND funding

Committee urges ministers to agree 'realistic' steps and additional cash to eliminate high needs budget deficits

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Council bids to take special free school build into own hands

Bracknell Forest wants to get 'certainty' over opening date of vital special school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND shoots up political agenda as MPs reveal woes

A cross-party group of MPs detailed SEND system problems in their own constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis

Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to 'drive down prices'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

How investors are making millions from the ‘bankrupt’ SEND system

Independent special schools run by private equity firms are now propping up the sector amid a capacity crisis. But...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Record SEND tribunals rise AGAIN, as nearly all parents win appeals

Just two per cent of refusals by councils to provide SEND support were upheld in tribunal decisions last year

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

£13m trial to test ‘innovative’ support for neurodiverse pupils

1 in 10 primaries will get five days’ worth of additional specialist help from trained staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

SEND: Children in richer areas more likely to get an EHCP and precise diagnosis

Findings suggest some 'rationing' of support in less affluent areas, researchers warn

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

Until ministers fix SEND, we’ll keep fighting for our rights

Ali Durban responds to controversial comments by Gillian Keegan about the special needs support system being 'lose, lose, lose'

Schools Week Reporter
Ali Durban