SEND

How trusts can take the lead on speech and language provision

Our in-house speech and language service is helping our pupils, our staff, and taking pressure off the system for...

JL Dutaut
Kylie Rio-Wood
SEND

Council bids to take special free school build into own hands

Bracknell Forest wants to get 'certainty' over opening date of vital special school

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

SEND shoots up political agenda as MPs reveal woes

A cross-party group of MPs detailed SEND system problems in their own constituencies

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

DfE to collect data on children with Down syndrome

Schools will be required to report how many children with Down syndrome they educate

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Trusts plan their own private SEND schools amid place crisis

Government free school support contractor working with five academy trusts on proposals to 'drive down prices'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

How investors are making millions from the ‘bankrupt’ SEND system

Independent special schools run by private equity firms are now propping up the sector amid a capacity crisis. But...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Record SEND tribunals rise AGAIN, as nearly all parents win appeals

Just two per cent of refusals by councils to provide SEND support were upheld in tribunal decisions last year

Amy Walker
Amy Walker
SEND

Educational psychologists call off strikes after pay offer accepted

Union accepts deal worth 4% from this September and £1,925 backdated to last year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

£13m trial to test ‘innovative’ support for neurodiverse pupils

1 in 10 primaries will get five days’ worth of additional specialist help from trained staff

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker