Inclusion

Phillipson hints at wider SEND reforms

Education secretary says 'we need to have a conversation about how we look to reform the system overall'

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Inclusion

New apprenticeship to equip teaching assistants on SEND

Move gives schools more options to spend training funding, but unions warn apprentices 'must be paid at the going...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Academies, Inclusion

Schools look to SEND trusts over rising pupil need

Mainstream schools increasingly looking for 'specialist help' to deal with youngsters' needs

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Pause in Ofsted SEND inspections ‘opens accountability gap’

Suspending monitoring visits to councils with widespread failings 'sets off alarm bells'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND: Two in five EHCP decisions took more than 6 months

It comes as MPs warn ministers of desperate situations in their constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

SEND system ‘very likely’ to become unsustainable, warns DfE

Risk that councils' financial challenges will impede essential support services now 'critical'

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Eight reforms to fix ‘broken’ SEND system from councils-backed report

A national regulator, greater clarity over needs, clampdown on private sector profits and 'less adversarial' system proposed

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Council begs for bailout as soaring SEND deficit threatens solvency

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's £92m SEND deficit will dwarf its reserves next year, prompting fears it will 'run out...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

Support services: ‘Rebuild it all around schools’

Variation in support for home educated children shows Labour's uphill battle to rebuild services around schools

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker