On 2nd March, the Department for Education finally published its plan to improve the SEND and alternative provision system. Over the next few weeks, SNJ will be looking at different …
with Katherine Uher, parent and psychotherapist and Benji Uher We’ve run a number of articles that feature the injustice of staff in local authorities and health services using parent-blaming as …
Last Friday we published our report #ProvisionDenied, that showed children and young people with SEND have had their needs and education “pushed to one side, for the convenience of the …
UPDATE 2 March 2021: Ofsted has published further information and a video, which is embedded below New research from Ofsted has revealed that fewer than half (46%) of teachers surveyed …
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, says 87%, or 9 in 10, of complaints about the Education, Health and Care plan process are found in favour of parents, describing …
Anyone who has had to grapple with the SEND system to get their child’s needs acknowledged and met knows that the system is not currently working as it should. Not …
There have been a few happenings recently that I have intended to write about but meetings and other commitments, plus the good ol’ Ehlers Danlos, have meant it hasn’t been …
Ofsted’s draft Education Inspection Framework and School Inspection Handbook are currently out for consultation. An Ofsted inspection is a critical moment in the life of any school and the framework …
Accountability is not a word that parents often used to associate with the world of special educational needs and disability. So when the government announced three years ago that independent …
It’s the end of July so it must be time for the annual SEND figures – the government statistics that show how many children and young people have some kind …
Money. A chorus of voices are speaking up, telling us there’s not enough of it. Parents, teachers, unions, local authorities, all with different perspectives, but all telling us that we …
The House of Commons Education Committee has launched an inquiry into support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This is music to my ears and …
One of the joys of being a parent of a child with special educational needs is working out why schools and local authorities do things the way they do. Sometimes …
This is our final instalment of the answers supplied by the Department for Education to your questions. We grouped your questions into related themes and over the past week we’ve …
Over the years Special Needs Jungle has frequently highlighted the unacceptable practice of illegally excluding children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) from school. You can see just how …
As you may have seen at the end of our post on the Ofsted/CQC one year on report, we’re delighted to tell you that this Wednesday, we will be hosting …
Yesterday we ran a disturbing survey saying two-thirds of school leaders didn’t feel they were sufficiently supported to give the best help to children with SEND. Hard on its heels, …
Today’s parent story is a classic case of a local authority’s disregard of the SEND reforms: poor communication and lack of cooperative working across services, resulting in a failure to …
So the chickens have come home to roost, hopefully. The SEND Ofsted/CQC Inspectors have given Surrey a right kicking, and deservedly so. “Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services …
As you know, we’ve been following the development of the SEND inspections developed jointly by Ofsted and CQC. Barney has even written a helpful guide for parents to help you …
