Inclusion

Cheaper to pay fines than provide SEND support

Councils pay families thousands of pounds for failure to provide support stipulated in EHCPs

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
Inclusion

Feature: The case for a SEND evidence ‘custodian’

Calls grow for a national institute for SEND excellence - so how could it work?

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

EHCPs: Schools pick up pieces of absent health and social care

Plans to support SEND pupils being drawn up without any input from health and social care, investigation finds

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

Wrong names and rule-breaking: Poor quality EHCPs shortchange schools

Education, health and care plans include 'copy and paste' elements - and some even have the wrong child's name...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

Fidget spinners and learning styles: EHCPs’ questionable interventions

Schools Week investigation delves into what England's £11bn high needs budget is spent on ...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

Investigation: How EHCPs are failing our most vulnerable children

England now spends nearly £11bn providing education for children with additional needs. But on what? Schools Week investigates …

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

Special schools recruit fewer teachers from training – report

Special schools 'rely' on teachers developing experience with SEND pupils in mainstream settings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

DfE data under-states teacher vacancies in alternative provision

Government urged to separate data for special schools and AP in official statistics, amid warning it masks 'differences' between...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

Half of councils face insolvency over £5bn SEND deficit ticking timebomb

Survey of councils suggests over half will fail to break even if a measure keeping deficits off their books...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker