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. …
with infographics by Tania Tirraoro The Department for Education (DfE) has published its annual statistical summary of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in England for 2026. If you’re new …
“We note that in several important areas including routes to redress, governance accountability, and the role of health services, our approach does not fully align with the Committee’s proposals. However, …
If you sat in on our Schools White Paper webinar with Department for Education Minister, Georgia Gould, last month, you’ll have heard plenty of concerns from parents about accountability in …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Intro by SNJ: Last week, the Department for Education’s strange “National SEND Conversation” came to a close. If you needed an accessible version of the 36-question-long survey, it was slid …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Stockton-on-Tees in Durham is reportedly where the most northerly fossilised remains of a hippopotamus have ever been discovered. If they’d dug further, they may have also found the fossilised remains …
Rumours abound that the Government is about to publish a white paper on SEND reform that will change the way that children and young people with SEND are supported. In …
Lots of people are talking about the need for deep reform of England’s SEND system. Not many of them are saying clearly what they want that reform to look like. …
In 2023, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission started implementing a new way to inspect local area SEND services. There are now two years’ worth of inspection reports under this …
Today we welcome new SNJ columnist, Catherine McLeod MBE, Chief Executive or Early Years charity, Dingley’s Promise Getting it right for children with SEND in the Early Years has been …
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