Put your question about SEND to the Department for Education (2017)
Renata and I recently visited the Department for Education and met with the Director of SEND, Ann Gross and Dan Evans, another senior official. We handed to them around a …
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Steph’s chronicle of her family’s journey through SEND, cancer and loss
Renata and I first met Steph Nimmo back in 2013 at the Department for Education when a group of SEND bloggers were invited to speak to then SEND Minister, Ed Timpson. …
SEND and Discrimination in Schools, A Legal Handbook, review.
We’re delighted to be able to offer a discount for this truly fantastic book, Special Educational Needs and Discrimination, Authors: Sarah Hannett, Aileen McColgan and Elizabeth Prochaska. A Legal Action Group …
The worrying trend of social care tactics to target SEND ‘problem parents’
Recently on SNJ’s Facebook page, someone accused us of being too hard on local authorities who were ‘trying their best’. Actually, I know first hand that many, many people working …
SEND Blogger showcase 4: Rainbows, Broccoli and Wristbands
And now, what better day to bring you our final fabulous SEND Blogger showcase of this summer than on the August bank holiday! And what’s more, it’s a three-for-two featuring …
Bring your child’s teacher to Whole School SEND’s second summit for free!
Earlier this year, we ran a ticket giveaway for pairs of parents and teachers for the Whole School SEND Summit, held by the London Leadership Strategy. The ‘pairing’ idea was …
SEND Blogger Showcase 3: Life and ASC & A Wheelie Great Adventure
Welcome to the third in our SEND blogger spotlights! Today we feature two more bloggers, Helen, who blogs about life with her autistic son (and the rest of the family) …
IAS Service: Supporting families of children with SEND
When you need help or advice as a parent about your child or adolescent’s education or difficulties with special educational needs, there are a number of options. A while ago, …
SEND Blogger showcase 2: Mum On A Mission & Our Altered Life
Today we have the second in our August SEND blogger showcase and we’re so delighted to be able to share some of these brill bloggers with you. This week we’re …
SEND blogger showcase: itmustbemum & The Long Chain
When I started out blogging here on SNJ, before social sharing was a ‘thing’, there really wasn’t anyone else out there. Perhaps a few in the US, maybe one other …
Can The LA Make Amendments To The EHCP Which Differ From The Tribunal Order?
Parent asks: Are the LA allowed to make changes to the EHCP from that which was ordered by the Tribunal? What should we do if they do not reinstate the …
SEND in England, 2017: More in Independents, fewer in Academies
Another day another set of figures to wade through… this time though, it’s the annual school SEND figures from the school census that tells us how many children there are …
Horror stories: Recent SEND research for your summer reading
Dear reader, I am sorry, but I have failed you. A clutch of research reports about SEND have been recently released and I would so love to be able to …
End of school SEND report: Must try harder
It’s the end of the school year and children are arriving home up and down the land with their school reports in those scary sealed envelopes. But how have England’s …
Fixing our broken SEND system: The next Minister’s ‘To Do’ list
On the morning of the General Election, Thursday 8th June, I supported a parent in a meeting with her school’s Headteacher. We were discussing her complaint that the school had …
SEND 2017, the state of the special educational needs system revealed
The annual figures for special educational needs came out yesterday and I spent the day poring over them and making another nice infographic to go alongs with it. 2016 saw a 12% …
SEND, support staff and challenging behaviour in schools.
You may remember that we had Tess Philbert on the site not so long ago, talking about person-centred planning. Tess is a parental supporter for SENDIASS (Special Educational Needs and Disability Information …
Your views invited to help set the agenda for Whole School SEND
Last month Barney and I participated in the Whole School SEND Summit, spreading our message in a roundtable at the conference about working with parents. More than 200 parents (many …
Explaining new funding rules for early years children with SEND
Funding is always a hot topic in local authorities and schools and nowhere more so than in special educational needs. From this month, April 2017, the Department for Education is requiring …
Special needs lawyer calls for election pledge to solve SEND disarray
A young lawyer specialising in special educational needs, who himself has SpLD, has warned the parties in the upcoming election urgent action is needed to fix the disarray in the current state …