Special Educational Needs and Disability
Hope is not a luxury in the SEND system. It is what keeps families going through years of assessments, exclusions, appeals, and meetings that too often feel adversarial. Hope is …
This is Part two of yesterday’s article about EOTAS, the out of school EHCP package that’s been completely ignored in the SEND proposals of the Schools’s White Paper. One of …
There is no denying the Government’s Schools White Paper is a lengthy document with considerable detail about the reforms Labour wants to implement to our SEND system. But there is …
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 …
The Department for Education doesn’t seem to know whether it’s coming or going. Yesterday it was forced to issue a “clarification” over its consultation; specifically, the bit where it said …
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 …
It’s been a month since the government announced the Schools White Paper and their consultation on SEND reform. The consultation’s still ongoing. If you need some inspiration or motivation to …
Find SNJ’s Help to respond to the consultation here What a night, what a webinar… “The best webinar I’ve ever been involved with!” said one particularly notable personage. 1 hour …
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 …
We seem to have gone from “your voice matters” to “decisions have already been made” in less than the blink of an eye. On the very day the Schools Minister, …
If you’re not already on the floor over trying to understand the SEND Proposals in the Schools White Paper, (see our guidance here), the Department for Education has also launched …
Frances Akinde is an experienced SEND educator, former special school headteacher, author, and neurodivergent parent of five sons. We are thrilled to officially welcome Frances to the SNJ team! When …
Eleanor Wright is the Legal Officer for SEND law advice and support charity, SOS!SEN. SOS!SEN are part of the Save Our Children’s Rights campaign Bridget Phillipson, the Secretary of State …
If you had to rank the things that parent carers want to see more than anything else in a reformed SEND system, stronger accountability would probably be top of the …
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 …
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has today published a report warning that home-to-school transport for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is (well-worn …
Many people and organisations, including us, welcomed that an Easy Read version of the SEND Consultation was published on the same day as the Schools White Paper and main SEND …
By Matt Keer and Tania Tirraoro Watch our SEND Legal webinar recording The SEND proposals in the Schools White Paper aim make the most sweeping changes to the English special …
