Inclusion

Birmingham could lose control of its SEND services

Documents show DfE commissioner can consider delivery options 'outside of the operational control of the local authority'

James Carr
James Carr
Inclusion

SEND review ‘steering group’ appointed to push through reforms

Children's minister defends delays to landmark review and warns Covid has 'intensified' issues

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

Hanging by a thread: How the system is failing SEND children

Shocking reports detail how vulnerable children and their families are left to fall into crisis

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

Speed read: ASCL’s blueprint to tackle education’s ‘entrenched injustice’

The school leaders’ union wants wide-ranging reforms, warning studies suggest rich-poor attainment gap ‘may never close’.

Tom Belger
Tom Belger
Inclusion, Ofsted

Ofsted plans expansion of area SEND inspections to include all pupils in AP

Ofsted plans to “broaden the scope” of its area SEND inspections to look at support for all pupils in...

James Carr
James Carr
Inclusion

Two out of 27. How government is failing the inclusion test

The government has only implemented two of 27 recommendations from the Timpson review of school exclusion. Cath Murray offers suggestions for how...

JL Dutaut
CATH MURRAY
Inclusion

The SEND funding system is failing to keep up with pupil needs

The SEND funding system is failing to keep up with pupil needs: here’s what the government should do, says...

John Dickens
NATALIE PERERA
Inclusion

Professional development on SEND is bottom of the pile

Special educational need CPD must be prioritised, says Karen Wespieser. The OECD’s latest data on teacher working conditions and...

Expert Contributor
KAREN WESPIESER
Inclusion

Is the battle for SEND inclusion won?

We’re making small steps on many fronts, explains Anita Kerwin-Nye, and may even have reached the end of the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor