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 …
Well, that didn’t take long. It’s less than a week since the Government published long-awaited proposals for “reforming” the SEND system, and the first steps have already been taken in …
We’re hearing a lot of parents wondering what to do about the White Paper SEND proposals. Why aren’t people making a bigger noise? Some are misinterpreting a perceived muted response …
by Cathy Wassell, CEO & Founder, Autistic Girls Network & The Haven As we continue to analyse the Government’s proposals to slash more SEND rights than it creates, today, we …
After such a long wait for the Schools White paper and its SEND “reforms”, when they arrived yesterday (23/2) it felt like we’d been watching the ocean slowly receding before …
By the time you read this, we’re expecting the Department for Education (DfE) to have announced extra funding to help get the SEND reforms in the Schools White Paper off …
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 …
By Daniel Kebede, General Secretary, National Education Union The countdown to the White Paper is in its final phase. Continuous leaks have turned it into a macabre circus so families …
Someone, clearly, was not prepared to wait for Monday’s expected reveal of the Schools White Paper, with its feared SEND section in whatever form that will be. Yesterday, The Times …
A few days ago, the Department for Education (DfE) announced more funding to train educational psychologists, following a research report about Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). The report looked …
Last week, the government published details of the Final Local Government Financial Settlement, the package that sets out what funding Whitehall provides to councils each year. Normally, education doesn’t feature …
SNJ Intro: At SNJ, we’ve long argued that meaningful change in SEND can only happen when parent carers are genuinely listened to; this means engaging with a broad, diverse community …
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