The toxic culture of obstruction that’s taken root inside England’s council SEND services is not only unchecked, it’s encouraged

ITV News has broadcast powerful testimony from a current local authority case officer describing working inside a toxic culture of deliberate instruction, obstructing vulnerable children from accessing statutory SEND support. …

Not in our name: How manufacturing consent for proposed SEND reforms has broken the social contract.

Measure What Matters is unwavering in its commitment to examining how democratic principles are upheld in practice—with a focus on representation, transparency, and accountability. This is what we were built …

Part 2: The Testimonies. Children died; the system looked away. Will government SEND reforms make this scandal even worse?

This is part 2. You can find part 1 here. Our coverage of the Schools White Paper follows later today and all week Below is a selection of the testimonies …

Children died. The system looked away. Today, the Government is calling the human cost of cutting rights, “reform” [Part 1]

On the day that the Schools White Paper is published, containing draft plans to reduce children’s rights, public accountability group, Measure What Matters is publishing the results of an investigation …

MP says the abuse of SEND law is a “systemic, moral and ethical crisis” and schools must speak up

With Chris Coghlan MP (Lib Dem) Measure What Matters is an initiative investigating maladministration in public services. We have been working with Chris Coghlan MP on exposing the systemic maladministration …

The missing evidence of systemic maladministration in SEND—Teachers speak out Educators, share your experiences!

The accountability investigations team, Measure What Matters, is back with more SEND revelations and a call to action for teachers, teaching assistants and headteachers to share your experiences Schools across …

The law on SEND isn’t failing, it’s been systematically undermined from within, says independent public accountability group

SNJ Intro: Today’s post is from Measure What Matters, an independent public initiative examining transparency, accountability, and ethics across local government and public services- beginning with SEND, where systemic failure …