SNJ’s year in review: What you read most in 2014
Where has the time gone? It doesn’t seem a year ago since we were welcoming 2014 and wondering what the SEN reforms would bring us in 2014. One year later, …
Tag: Code of Practice
SEND reforms, ready or not?
This morning, the BBC had a report on the SEND reforms and queried whether parents (or schools) were ready for them. The BBC report that in excess of 1.7million children will …
SEND reforms – some legal myths and realities
Tania’s note: Today, we are delighted to feature a guest post from Steve Broach. For those who don’t already know him (and that is probably very few, if any, of you), Steve …
DfE publishes Parents’ Guide to new SEND reform (and some other stuff)
A new guide aimed at explaining the new SEND Code of Practice to parents has been published by the Department for Education. The guide, that we at Special Needs Jungle are …
The new SEND Code of Practice approved by Parliament! See our co-produced SEND reform infographic
I’m imagining a champagne cork or two is being popped in the Department for Education SEND Division today – the new SEND Code of Practice has been approved, in time …
Meeting the Minister
On Monday, Tania and I, along with Steph from Steph’s Two Girls, headed into London for our meeting with the Minister. We always seem to face some transport issue whenever we …
SEN Code of Practice: what does this look like in Schools?
At Special Needs Jungle, we are parents of children with SEN ourselves, so we know that you will never have the time to get to the end of a long lengthy post …
Home straight: SEND reforms target pre-summer legal finish line
Three days ahead of the deadline for pre-summer parliamentary approval, the Department for Education yesterday laid before Parliament its final draft of the new Code of Practice along with publishing …
The Revised SEN Code of Practice has Arrived
It’s somewhat more than fashionably late and let’s hope, as I said the other day, that the reason is because it has been carefully crafted to be so good that …
My son must make his own SEN decisions? Are you kidding?
If you read our guest post a week ago from Jane McConnell of IPSEA about her “Red Lights” in the draft Code of Practice, you will have noticed a section on …
Risks and opportunities in the new SEN system
The Children and Families Act is finally here, delivered by the stork The Department for Education with high hopes and expectations. There are many fine aspects to this Act and even …
Changes announced in the SEN Reforms
Last week, SEN reform Minister, Edward Timpson attended the Local Government Association Special Educational Needs Conference – a real mix of social care, health, education and voluntary sector practitioners, with …
Confirmed: No statutory support for Uni Students in SEN reforms
It’s quite a mountain to climb, getting into university. All those GCSEs, then A-levels or similar. Not to mention the prospect of leaving home for the first time and having …
Special Needs Jungle meet SEN Minister, Edward Timpson
So the big day arrived and of course, it was raining. Tania and I headed into London, to the Department for Education, to meet the Education Minister in charge of …