Inclusion

Educational psychologists on strike: ‘It’s all crumbling’

Members of the Association of Educational Psychologists went on strike for the first time in decades this week

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

DfE rejected special school for county slammed over place shortage

Inspectors said Hertfordshire had 'widespread and/or systemic failings leading to significant concerns' about SEND children

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

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
Inclusion

How we were stopped from revealing SEND consultants’ pay

Transparency campaigners cry foul as threat of injunction and massive costs prevents public interest reporting

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

Why we need to stop talking about disadvantage (and what we should talk about instead)

Lee Elliot Major explains why a change of language could be crucial in shaping the conversation around poverty and...

JL Dutaut
Lee Elliot Major
Inclusion

How former footballer Eugene Dwaah is redefining alternative provision

Catching staff from alternative provision (AP) settings smoking weed alongside the young people they were responsible for was a...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Inclusion

Specialist settings can’t solve all of mainstream’s problems

The north east’s schools are bearing the brunt of a national crisis of unmet needs and insufficient support, explains...

JL Dutaut
Chris Zarraga
Inclusion

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
Inclusion

Councils urged to create ‘voluntary’ home education registers

DfE also recommends data-sharing with police and GPs as plans for a compulsory register remain in the long grass

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker