SEND

Matt Jenkins, British sign language teacher, The Deaf Academy

Deafness shot into the national consciousness recently with a deaf contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. But award-winning teacher Matt...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
SEND

Councils with SEND cash black holes to get new cost-cutter visits

Ministers 'laying the foundations' for new reforms under delayed SEND review

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND review has ‘taken too long’, and comms ‘regrettable’ – minister

Will Quince tells MPs DfE 'could have done better' in its engagement with stakeholders

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Birmingham could lose control of its SEND services

Documents show DfE commissioner can consider delivery options 'outside of the operational control of the local authority'

James Carr
James Carr
SEND

SEND review ‘steering group’ appointed to push through reforms

Children's minister defends delays to landmark review and warns Covid has 'intensified' issues

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Hanging by a thread: How the system is failing SEND children

Shocking reports detail how vulnerable children and their families are left to fall into crisis

John Dickens
John Dickens
Ofsted, SEND

Ofsted plans expansion of area SEND inspections to include all pupils in AP

Ofsted plans to “broaden the scope” of its area SEND inspections to look at support for all pupils in...

James Carr
James Carr
SEND

The SEND funding system is failing to keep up with pupil needs

The SEND funding system is failing to keep up with pupil needs: here’s what the government should do, says...

John Dickens
NATALIE PERERA
SEND

Professional development on SEND is bottom of the pile

Special educational need CPD must be prioritised, says Karen Wespieser. The OECD’s latest data on teacher working conditions and...

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KAREN WESPIESER