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SEND: Some schools ‘resist’ admitting children with EHCPs – adjudicator

'Small number' of councils tell admissions watchdog of an 'increase in reluctance of schools' to be named in support...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Revealed: The trusts to run 30 new special free schools

However three other promised schools are yet to have a trust appointed after none was found

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Pushy parents ‘not to blame’ as schools lead surge in bids for EHCPs

Councils told to explain why families' ECHP requests are 'disproportionately' snubbed as applications rocket

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Ministers withhold £18m from five ‘safety valve’ councils

LAs' SEND bailout agreements 'subject to review', as more councils agree deals totalling £230m

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Two-thirds of special schools full or over capacity, new data shows

New data published after Schools Week investigations into bursting special school classrooms

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Ministers reject council’s 15-year safety valve plan

Council chief said they 'acted with integrity' over controversial SEND deal

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Revealed: Councils slice £67m from school budgets to prop up SEND deficits

Four-fold increase in the school funding councils have shifted to fill high needs budget blackholes

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
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Labour: SEND challenge ‘enormous’ but plan will come post-election

Party needs 'much fuller understanding' of 'how chaotic the system has become and what needs to change'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Council faces legal action over controversial safety valve deal

Parents call for 'transparency' on high needs bail outs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth