Inclusion

Upheld SEND complaints rise 25% in a year

'These statistics expose the extent to which local authorities continue to fail children and young people with SEND'

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

Most schools already produce SEND plans, poll suggests

Teacher Tapp poll of SENCOs suggests just 11 per cent of schools are not writing SEND plans for pupils

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

SEND: MPs’ warning over home-to-school transport costs

The public accounts committee identifies 'glaring' unanswered questions on transport costs, predicted to reach £3bn in 2030

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Allergy guidance: What schools need to know

Proposed statutory guidance says all schools should stock spare allergy pens

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

‘There is nothing left to cut’: The schools counting the cost of inclusion

Schools Week investigates how the current system punishes inclusive schools financially, with leaders facing making cutbacks to maintain current...

Chaminda Jayanetti
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

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

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

David Bell to lead independent review on antisemitism in schools

School leaders have welcomed any support in tackling the issue

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Dear DfE, don’t marginalise special schools and AP!

In their quest for an inclusive mainstream setting, ministers must not push specialist settings to the margins

Freddie Whittaker
Warren Carratt
Inclusion

Sharing not siloed: The special schools bringing inclusion into the mainstream

As the sector awaits the long-delayed SEND reforms, many schools have already started doing what they expect to be...

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas