Dodd Partners
Programme that trains teachers to better identify needs extended into 2025-26 with £9.5m
Many councils aren't passing on the funding allocated for high needs at last year's budget
‘If SEND isn’t fixed now - it will become so broken and big, it never gets resolved’, says one...
Direction forcing schools and councils to follow rules on evidence bundles follows deluge of 'irrelevant' information
Authority 'will no longer provide a response to individual cases where a more appropriate alternative route is available'
The plans - or a new alternative - could be 'narrowed' to special schools only, adviser suggests
Nine councils – nearly a quarter of those on the controversial safety valve scheme – have flagged delays
Travel costs are again in the sights of local authorities desperate to cut costs
A solicitor representing two claimants said the case 'brought important national attention' to the struggles families are facing
