If you sat in on our Schools White Paper webinar with Department for Education Minister, Georgia Gould, last month, you’ll have heard plenty of concerns from parents about accountability in …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
Against the backdrop of continued uncertainty over the future of EHCPs, a report has found schools are responsible for forcing many children with SEND out of the system through inflexible …
Guest article by Dr Jill Pluquailec, Gill O’Connor, and Emma Sadler, Sheffield Hallam University SNJ Intro: When the SEND Review was announced in 2022, we knew better than to trust …
by Matt Keer and Catriona Moore. Graphics by Tania Tirraoro In December 2024, the House of Commons Education Committee launched an inquiry into special educational needs in England. Nine months …
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 …
In 2023, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission started implementing a new way to inspect local area SEND services. There are now two years’ worth of inspection reports under this …
Last week, Ofsted announced its proposals to overhaul how it carries out some of its education inspections. So what changes are Ofsted proposing, and how might it affect the world …
Supporting young people with disabilities from birth to adulthood was the main goal of the 2014 Children and Families Act. But while the extension of statutory entitlements from age 16 …
Last week, the government and Ofsted announced that they planned to change how English schools, colleges and local authorities will be inspected. What changes are coming, and how will these …
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have been inspecting local area SEND services since 2016. At the start of 2023, they introduced a new framework that changed the way …
On 2nd March, the Department for Education finally published its plan to improve the SEND and alternative provision system. Over the next few weeks, SNJ will be looking at different …
also with Matt Keer and Catriona Moore “It is time to deliver a more dignified experience for children and young people with SEND and to restore families’ confidence in the …
“Every child and young person with special educational needs or disabilities should have access to high-quality services. Where a council does not meet their requirements to provide appropriate support for …
Early this year, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will be kicking off a new approach to inspecting local area SEND services. What will these look like, how will …
This article comes to you in two parts. The first, below, explores the statistics of Ofsted and CQC’s Area SEND Inspections from 2016-2021, and their subsequent revisits if an area …
