by Joanna Parry, Unison We recently ran an article about the Government’s consultation about Supporting Children at School with Medical Conditions. In it, we linked to concerns by Unison about …
By Matt Walker, National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) We’ve covered the newly-renamed “Inclusion Bases”— previously known as resourced provision or SEN Units—quite a few times. They make up a …
By Dr Andrea Honess, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Educational and Child Psychology The government’s Schools White Paper and SEND consultation set out some welcome ambitions for …
by Amber Windsor, Canary SEND We’re continuing to look at the SEND proposals in the Schools White Paper. Today, a warning from parent advocate Amber Windsor about how we’ve been …
The Government keeps insisting it wants a “national conversation” on SEND, but the way it’s structuring that conversation tells a very different story. In today’s guest post, Dr Kieron Smith …
by Cathy Wassell, CEO & Founder, Autistic Girls Network & The Haven As we continue to analyse the Government’s proposals to slash more SEND rights than it creates, today, we …
By Georgina Durrant, SEND specialist and National Inclusion Lead at Twinkl SNJ Intro: A new survey from teaching resource site, Twinkl, has shown how many hours of unpaid work parents are …
with Kate Cox, Senior Solicitor, IPSEA Updated May 2026 Despite what many local authorities and schools are telling parents, the law on SEND has not changed. Proposals are just that: …
By Emma Hollis, CEO, National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT) While the £3 billion for more mainstream SEND places may sound encouraging, one of the flies in the ointment, …
by Sharren Bridges, parent and founder of Jen’s Acorn Content warning: This article contains sensitive content involving the suicide of a young person. Please take care as you read. The …
By Helen Edgar, Teacher, Autistic Advocate, Author and Educational Consultant. Founder of Autistic Realms. Getting support right for autistic children in school can be far from straightforward, even for experienced …
with Natalie Lauren and Jo Clayton A team of academic and media professionals is creating a short film illustrating the “immense pressure” faced by SEND families. Whether it’s the difficulties …
By Jess Camburn Rahmani, CEO, Cerebra Last week, we shared a review and giveaway of a new book from Professor Luke Clements and Dr Ana Laura Aiello about parent blame. …
By Rose Arnold, Reclaim Rights for Children We’ve written twice before on SNJ about the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill currently going through Parliament. Today’s post looks at the privacy …
Last week we ran an article from the public accountability initiative, Measure What Matters. It detailed evidence that MWM is gathering to show the law on SEND isn’t failing—it’s being …
A group of clinical psychologists working with children, young people, and families across the UK are calling for the Government to act on what they say is an “unprecedented mental …
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 …
with POTS UK and Emily Nixon, volunteer, PoTS UK Postural orthostatic Tachycardia syndrome, a dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (for things you can’t control, like breathing, heartbeat etc), was …
by Natalia James, University of Sussex Across UK schools, behaviour is increasingly monitored, scored and sanctioned. While some see behaviour-tracking as a way to promote order and consistency, for disabled …
By Annie Smith, Senior Human Rights Officer at BIHR We hear a lot about human rights at the moment, for many different reasons and in many different contexts. Human rights …
