SNJ first highlighted the SEND Safety Valve programme back in 2021. This Department for Education (DfE) scheme, essentially “blackmails” debt-ridden local authorities (LAs) into cutting services for disabled children in …
Yesterday, England’s HM Courts and Tribunals Service issued their annual set of statistics about the activities of the Special Educational Needs and Disability First-Tier Tribunal (SENDIST). SENDIST is a legal …
with Julie Pointer, Children and Young People lead at the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) The recent House of Lords Public Service Committee report looks at the barriers and …
By Samuel Moss, Barrister, 39 Essex Chambers A fab giveaway today: Making Lawful Decisions: a guide for decision-makers on acting within the law by Victoria Butler-Cole KC and Steve Broach …
A new government-commissioned survey of teaching staff has unwittingly offered a telling explanation of why so many children get inadequate support with SEND in school. But first, in related news, …
with Matthew Wyard, 3PB Any parent who’s navigated the SENDIST Tribunal system will know it can be tricky terrain, especially once your young person has reached the end of statutory …
with James Betts, Solicitor and Lecturer, Law Clinic, The School of Law & Social Justice, The University of Liverpool One of the tenets of the 2014 Children and Families Act …
with Ollie Persey, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers and Adam Mercer, solicitor, Sinclairslaw A recent High Court judicial review has found Hampshire in breach of its legal duty to secure the …
with Jane Harris, SEND parent and CEO of Speech and Language UK SNJ Intro: Last week we were dismayed and angry at the publication of a local-government-funded report into SEND, …
Yesterday, the Department for Education (DfE) published its annual statistical summary of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in England. This year, these figures will be put under a lot …
It’s been two years since the Department for Education (DfE) issued its SEND and Alternative Provision Green Paper, and one year since they issued their SEND & AP Improvement Plan. …
With Margaret Doyle, mediation expert and research fellow If you want to appeal against a decision concerning an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), you need to either participate in …
Comments from the High Court on a local authority’s claim they could not comply with the law because of resource issues – R (W) v Hertfordshire County Council The news …
It’s been a long old year, but it’s not over yet – least of all when there’s a fresh data drop from the First Tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs …
If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), were you offered a personal budget? Were you told during the assessment that they wouldn’t qualify for one? Or …
We (Zoe and Philip) are a Mum and son team who’ve been around the block a few times in terms of fighting our corner to get Philip the health, education …
As well as updated exclusions guidance, the Department for Education also issued updated guidance on school transport just before the summer holidays. Eleanor Wright, CEO of SEND legal charity, SOS!SEN …
If you have been involved in an EHCP appeal before the SEND Tribunal, then there is a good chance that you will have experienced the frustration of a local authority …
MPs on the House of Commons Education Select Committee invited the Children’s Minister, Claire Coutinho, in for a chat this week about the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan. Members of …
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN Committee) is this year examining the UK on its obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. …
