SEND

What we’re missing in our national conversation on SEND

Sarah Johnson reflects on a BBC Woman's Hour special on the SEND system - and what she didn't hear...

JL Dutaut
Sarah Johnson
SEND

Your survey responses will help re-shape the school system

Here's why I've used my powers for the first time to compel schools to respond to questions about their...

JL Dutaut
Dame Rachel de Souza
SEND

Solving the SEND crisis can’t be done in isolation

The education sector’s many crises are interlinked. None will be solved if we don’t all work together towards coherence

JL Dutaut
Dr Joanna Stanbridge and Dr James Wood
SEND

SEND: Two in five EHCP decisions took more than 6 months

It comes as MPs warn ministers of desperate situations in their constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND system ‘very likely’ to become unsustainable, warns DfE

Risk that councils' financial challenges will impede essential support services now 'critical'

Freddie Whittaker
Samantha Booth and Jack Dyson
SEND

A plan to start fixing the SEND system right now

Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives have published a plan to get SEND provision on...

JL Dutaut
Anne Longfield CBE
SEND

Eight reforms to fix ‘broken’ SEND system from councils-backed report

A national regulator, greater clarity over needs, clampdown on private sector profits and 'less adversarial' system proposed

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
SEND

Council begs for bailout as soaring SEND deficit threatens solvency

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole's £92m SEND deficit will dwarf its reserves next year, prompting fears it will 'run out...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Solving attendance requires a whole-system rethink

Attendance is only one very visible symptom of a deeper crisis in support systems for children with SEND and...

JL Dutaut
Anna Feuchtwang