SEND

Councils splurge £18m on private special schools with repeated failures

Millions funnelled in just one year to settings that have failed independent school standards

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
SEND

‘I’d like to see SEND label retired’, says inclusion tsar Tom Rees

DfE inclusion adviser also spoke of problems with the current 'medicalised model' of special educational needs support

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

ASCL head: Leaders turning away SEND kids need ‘calling out’

While wider reform is needed, leaders must create a 'culture that is more inclusive and more open', says union...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

How to solve SEND? 13 sector solutions…

The education committee received an 'unprecedented' number of responses to its SEND inquiry. Here's what we learned from it...

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

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
SEND

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
SEND

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
SEND

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
SEND

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