It’s all happening isn’t it? As Nadhim Zahawi scarpers to No11 (don’t let the door to Sanctuary Buildings hit you on the way out, love), the new (probably temporary) appointee, …
Depressingly, I’m hearing just as many, if not more, cases of families being forced to go to the First Tier SEND Tribunal to get the provision their child needs, than …
UK Disability History Month runs from 16th November to 16th December 2023. UKDHM is now in its 14th year. This year’s theme is Disability, Childhood and Youth, which will be …
by Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello There is considerable evidence to suggest that increasing numbers of parents are experiencing allegations that they have fabricated or actually induced …
I recently wrote a post following a case, supported by the EHRC, of a family who were determined to prove their child was the victim of disability discrimination in school. …
It feels like decades since “hopeful beginnings” for a new school year was a reality, even before the actual fabric of school buildings threatened to fall. For parents of vulnerable …
With Becky Maddern for Scope For most children, a trip to the park is a fun way to pass an hour or so. The slide! The climbing frame! The swings! …
Should headteachers and school governors undergo mandatory training in the Equality Act 2010 and, specifically, disability discrimination? I’d like to think that they would already have a good grounding in …
With Kyle Thapar Kyle Thapar is a young teen who attends a mainstream provision. As he is neurodivergent, Kyle recently chose the topic of neurodiversity and ableism for a presentation …
On 2nd March, the Department for Education finally published its plan to improve the SEND and alternative provision system. Over the next few weeks, SNJ will be looking at different …
As education ministers review the upcoming “SEND Improvement Plan” it’s to be hoped they have found time to read this week’s Children’s Rights in Britain report from the Equality and …
By Angharad Butler-Rees, University of Warwick. [Reseach team: Stella Chatzitheochari, Angharad Butler-Rees and Melissa Chapple] The SEND deficit for councils in England was £1.3 billion in March 2022, an increase …
It’s freezing this week in the Keer stats dungeon – but mercifully, an annual set of statistics about the Special Educational Needs & Disability (SENDIST) First Tier Tribunal have arrived …
Everyone’s feeling the cost of living crisis right now – and the world of SEND hasn’t been spared. Most children and young people with SEND are educated in schools. In …
with Katherine Uher, parent and psychotherapist and Benji Uher We’ve run a number of articles that feature the injustice of staff in local authorities and health services using parent-blaming as …
We’d begun to get a little paranoid at Special Needs Jungle that maybe no one really wanted children and young people with SEND. Three weeks have passed since a new …
Article by Ed Duff, HCB Solicitors A very interesting SEND appeal in the Upper Tribunal caught our eye recently. A family was appealing in a dispute over what could be …
A short post to share with you the SNJ SEND Review Green paper consultation response. It was quite a mammoth effort, weaving all the views we have published here over …
One of the main, and most worrying, proposals in the SEND Green Paper is the introduction of National Standards. Some in the SEND sector are in favour of National Standards …
We’re helping you answer the consultation questions for the SEND Review Green paper. You can use these prompts to answer them on the Government website, Numbers 6 and 7 are …
