SEND

Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans

Mainstream schools are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told

Move follows budget's £1 billion boost in high needs funding

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals

A cash-strapped local authority has made a series of controversial recommendations to ministers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

School SEND reports harder to read than Stephen Hawking book

Experts warn 'we ought to be able to explain SEND to parents more clearly than someone explains cosmology'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND: DfE finally considers pupil impact of safety valve scheme

Move comes three years after controversial cost-cutting scheme was launched

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND delays ‘making children vulnerable’ to violence – report

Inspectorates, including Ofsted, warn delays in assessing SEND needs are 'putting children at greater risk of harm'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

DfE officials grilled on SEND: 7 key findings

Senior civil servants were quizzed on the crisis hit SEND system, after a damning report by the National Audit...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Council bankruptcy fear ‘dominates’ SEND reform thinking – DfE aide

Government adviser also warns of a 'fear factor' around reform, and a risk parents will say 'you're taking our...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Mainstream could meet SEN needs of ‘tens of thousands’ more pupils

Government report finds 35,000 more pupils could have needs met in mainstream schools if system is improved

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Samantha Booth