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
SEND

Revealed: The experts appointed to SEND inclusion panels

The government has appointed a team of experts to evaluate how to make mainstream schools more inclusive

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

‘Umbrella’ SEND label is ‘misleading’, says inclusion tsar

The government’s inclusion tsar believes 'a lot of what we categorise as ‘special’ is normal and predictable'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Promise of eye tests in all special schools will create ‘huge unfunded burden’ 

Schools Week joined health minister Stephen Kinnock in Brent to look at the practicalities of the government’s pledge to...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND, SEND review

Education committee SEND inquiry to focus on solutions

MPs launch call for evidence in major inquiry to help fix broken special needs system

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
SEND

Councils kept waiting on key SEND deficit ‘override’ decision

Cash-strapped councils now face waiting until next year for an update on what will happen when the statutory override...

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
SEND

Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans

Mainstream schools are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Use SEND cash to boost mainstream inclusion, councils told

Move follows budget's £1 billion boost in high needs funding

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals

A cash-strapped local authority has made a series of controversial recommendations to ministers

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth