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SEN Reforms 2014
Special Needs Jungle covered the SEND reforms from start to finish and has charted the path of disaster ever since. Here are the posts we’ve written covering the subject specifically, starting with the most recent
If you have a child with a statement or on any level of SEN, you need to know about this and below we have gathered all the posts we’ve written about SEN reform and politics.
Source: Epolitix: Conservative MP John Bercow makes the case for his Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons. Through my …
The long-awaited Lamb inquiry has finally been published today. In it, its author, Brian Lamb has called for a major reform of the current system of SEN. He …
You have a chance to comment on the newly published Green Paper on children and young people with special educational needs in England and Wales. See below for …
Earlier this week, I attended a meeting at Westminster for Labour’s SEN policy review, chaired by MP, Sharon Hodgson, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children and Families. Mrs Hodgson is …
So, next week government ministers will set out their detailed response and reform timetable as their next steps in the SEN Green Paper. They’ve been saying it’s ‘imminent’ since …
There’s a story about SEN in the Daily Telegraph today “Can 20 per cent of schoolchildren really have special needs?” by Peter Stanford. It’s already attracted lots of …
So, there’s been much furore today about the headlines for proposals that 450,000 children be ‘struck off’ the SEN register. This is a bit of a stupid headline, …
It’s been something of an eventful week for both Special Needs and Special Needs Jungle. Last week, I was called up by a reporter from the Daily Telegraph …
I’ve just watched the Education Select Committee on SEN – the Next Steps and many of the concerns raised mirror the points I raised in my presentation at …
Yesterday I spoke on behalf of Family Voice Surrey at the Surrey County Council SEN pathfinder launch in Cobham. In attendance was Stephen Kingdom, a senior DfE official. …
Yesterday, MumsNet hosted a live web chat with Sarah Teather, Minister of State for Children and Families. I recently posted an open letter to Miss Teather, to which …
Hope your summer is going okay! We’re just back from Italy where we were devoured by relentless mosquitos day and night. Just thought you might like to read …
Well today is the day – the draft legislation has, rather unexpectedly, been published for the reform of provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs. It had been said …
Back to school for most children this week, except for my kids, whose school finally returns next Tuesday. I’d better check over their uniforms this weekend and get …
The draft SEN bill is now out and will undergo pre-legislative scrutiny by the Education Select Committee. The committee last week issued a call for evidence with their …
Today is the deadline for the Education Select Committee’s call for responses to the draft SEN bill. I’ve seen a number of responses so far. Some are concerned …
Many parents find themselves in the position, as they try to secure a statement for their child with special needs, of having to go to Tribunal when they …
The Education Select Committee yesterday heard from various witnesses about the draft legislation on Special Education Needs. Over two and a half hours, professionals gave their views about …
Education Minister, Edward Timpson, has, it seems, listened to the concerns that so many, including Special Needs Jungle, have voiced – that the pace of SEN reform is …
The charity, Scope, which works to help children and families affected by disabilities, is currently campaigning for improvements to the Children and Families bill, which if you re …
One question on many lips in the reform to the special educational needs system is, with the inclusion of health in an EHCP, where will speech and language …
I’m sharing this information received from the Council for Disabled Children which I hope you’ll find interesting. ******** Edward Timpson, the Minister responsible for SEN and Disability …
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