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 …
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 …
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 …
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) …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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% …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Tania writes: A leading advocate for inclusive education, Richard Reiser, says he is increasingly concerned about the direction of inclusion in the Children and Families Act. For many parents, special …
The most consistently effective way to resolve disagreements about SEND is to appeal to the Tribunal, according to the evidence contained in a complicated research report released by the DfE. …
Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are at risk of being turned away by mainstream schools due to a lack of funding and rising demand, according to The …
