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
SEND

Investigation: How EHCPs are failing our most vulnerable children

England now spends nearly £11bn providing education for children with additional needs. But on what? Schools Week investigates …

John Dickens
John Dickens
SEND

Special schools recruit fewer teachers from training – report

Special schools 'rely' on teachers developing experience with SEND pupils in mainstream settings

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Half of councils face insolvency over £5bn SEND deficit ticking timebomb

Survey of councils suggests over half will fail to break even if a measure keeping deficits off their books...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Absent and excluded kids ‘should be assessed for SEND’

EPI report sets out 7 policy recommendations to tackle special needs 'postcode lottery'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks