Transport is one of those issues that quietly shapes almost every part of disabled children and young people’s lives. Whether a child can get to school, join a club, see …
— This survey has now closed, please look out for the report in the autumn— As Sir Kier Starmer’s resignation sinks in, you may be wondering if or how a …
By Megan Cutts, Mairi Jeffery, Kathryn Mills-Webb One of the main thrusts of Bridget Philippson’s argument about getting more children into mainstream is for their wellbeing and belonging; to be …
The government insists its SEND reforms will deliver a more inclusive system, with mainstream schools better equipped to meet the needs of all pupils, including those who are neurodivergent. But …
with Coram Children’s Legal Centre Since the pandemic, school exclusions have been rising. The government has included tackling exclusions in its Schools White Paper, though it stops short of the …
With Michelle Windridge, National Education Lead for School-Based Early Years, Twinkl Remember Covid? Our coverage during the pandemic helped thousands of families, teachers, people in the SEND sector and those …
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 …
Today, we’re looking at a number of different research reports—most of them the Government’s own—that point to a growing mismatch between its mainstream inclusion ambitions and schools’ ability to recruit …
A few days ago, the Department for Education (DfE) announced more funding to train educational psychologists, following a research report about Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). The report looked …
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 …
Last week, the Government published a raft of interim evaluation reports into programmes started as part of the previous Government’s SEND Change Programme. They add to the interim evaluation of …
Since taking office, the Labour government has been clear about its ambitions: more children with SEND should be educated in their local mainstream schools. Bridget Phillipson has repeated the message …
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, …
Against the backdrop of continued uncertainty over the future of EHCPs, a report has found schools are responsible for forcing many children with SEND out of the system through inflexible …
At Special Needs Jungle, we believe families should be active partners in every aspect of their child’s learning and support. That’s why we’re spotlighting this research taking place at the …
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. …
There’s been a fair bit of debate in the media in the last few months about the rising costs of transporting children and young people with SEND to their place …
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 …
Congratulations parents! Whether you signed our petition, wrote to your MP, attended a rally or all of these, your voice was heard. The Department for Education has announced it is …
A new report, Double Disadvantage, shows children with special educational needs (SEN) from low-income families are “facing major inequalities in access to support”. While this is obviously deeply unfair, it …
