SEND has been in the spotlight in Parliament once again this week. The Education Select Committee spent Tuesday morning having a look at the Government’s proposed SEND reforms in order …
The Department for Education doesn’t seem to know whether it’s coming or going. Yesterday it was forced to issue a “clarification” over its consultation; specifically, the bit where it said …
with Kate Cox, Senior Solicitor, IPSEA Updated May 2026 Despite what many local authorities and schools are telling parents, the law on SEND has not changed. Proposals are just that: …
Next Monday, 15th September, will be a landmark Day of Action for SEND families. Thanks to the more than 122,000 people who signed our parliamentary petition, MPs will debate SEND …
With lots of help from Sharon Smith, Rachel Filmer, Catriona Moore, and Gill Doherty Here we go again. Just days before the spending review (for which the DfE has already …
The SNJ submission to the Education Select Committee was published this week. In it, we detailed 80, yes 80!, practical, workable recommendations for improving the system. Surprisingly enough, none of …
Rumours abound that the Government is about to publish a white paper on SEND reform that will change the way that children and young people with SEND are supported. In …
By Catriona Moore, Policy Manager, IPSEA and Imogen Steele, Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Contact One of the questions the House of Commons Education Select Committee is asking as part …
by Tania Tirraoro and Sharon Smith Earlier this week, Catriona covered what the main political parties have set out for SEND in their manifestos. Today we’re looking at what SEND …
Anything that calls itself the “safety valve intervention programme” is going to struggle to excite public interest. Perhaps that was the intention: create a bureaucratic-sounding programme in an obscure corner …
With Cerebra, IPSEA, SOS!SEN and Contact. We’ve been hearing from many parents about the difficulties they’ve been experiencing trying to secure home-to-school SEND transport for their children with EHCPs, especially …
The SEND Improvement Plan was published earlier this year. We’ve covered this many times but today we’re going to look at the risks it faces. We hope the Department for …
TONIGHT! LIVE WEBINAR: Will the Government’s “SEND Improvement Plan” fix SEND? Register here! The SEND Improvement Plan published by the Government on 2nd March was described in an excited press …
The majority of children who find themselves in penal detention have some form of special educational needs. These needs are routinely mislabelled, unrecognised and unmet. That’s the conclusion of a …
A short post to share with you the SNJ SEND Review Green paper consultation response. It was quite a mammoth effort, weaving all the views we have published here over …
One of the main, and most worrying, proposals in the SEND Green Paper is the introduction of National Standards. Some in the SEND sector are in favour of National Standards …
If you didn’t manage to get to our webinar about the legal implications of the SEND Review Green Paper, fear not! We’ve uploaded the recording to our YouTube channel and …
As we continue our analysis of the SEND Green Paper, today we’re looking at Chapter two, which includes consultation questions 1-7. Remember, a Green Paper is a discussion document; these …
with Ali Fiddy, Chief Executive of IPSEA We are all beside ourselves with shock and sickening helplessness at the invasion in Ukraine. Everyone can surely empathise with how terrifying it …
with comment from Matt Keer and Ali Fiddy Reports about SEND come and go. Some barely make a mark, some confirm what families already know. But today, the Local Government Association …
