SEND

Extra £1bn SEND funding is ‘not reaching children’

Many councils aren't passing on the funding allocated for high needs at last year's budget

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

SEND reforms: the backlash begins

‘If SEND isn’t fixed now - it will become so broken and big, it never gets resolved’, says one...

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

Schools could face SEND tribunal penalties 

Direction forcing schools and councils to follow rules on evidence bundles follows deluge of 'irrelevant' information

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Surrey council’s block on education communications angers MPs

Authority 'will no longer provide a response to individual cases where a more appropriate alternative route is available'

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti
SEND

EHCP shake-up considered as part of SEND reforms, adviser confirms

The plans - or a new alternative - could be 'narrowed' to special schools only, adviser suggests

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

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
SEND

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
SEND

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
SEND

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