Inclusion

Special school delays undermine deficit reduction efforts

Nine councils – nearly a quarter of those on the controversial safety valve scheme – have flagged delays

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

The long and winding road for SEND pupils

Travel costs are again in the sights of local authorities desperate to cut costs

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

SEND: Families lose High Court safety valve appeal

A solicitor representing two claimants said the case 'brought important national attention' to the struggles families are facing

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Kent council’s controversial special school inclusion plans shelved

Proposals to redesignate special schools amid accusations some 'turned away most complex pupils' faced legal threats

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Councils splurge £18m on private special schools with repeated failures

Millions funnelled in just one year to settings that have failed independent school standards

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
Inclusion

Lost learning solutions: meet the inclusion trailblazers

As a landmark report into 'lost learning' shared how schools must boost inclusion, we spoke to some of the...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

‘I’d like to see SEND label retired’, says inclusion tsar Tom Rees

DfE inclusion adviser also spoke of problems with the current 'medicalised model' of special educational needs support

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

ASCL head: Leaders turning away SEND kids need ‘calling out’

While wider reform is needed, leaders must create a 'culture that is more inclusive and more open', says union...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

How to solve SEND? 13 sector solutions…

The education committee received an 'unprecedented' number of responses to its SEND inquiry. Here's what we learned from it...

John Dickens
John Dickens