While the dust from new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham’s reshuffle begins to settle at the Department for Education, there are still live consultations going on. We’ll soon find out what …
With Michelle Windridge, National Education Lead for School-Based Early Years, Twinkl Remember Covid? Our coverage during the pandemic helped thousands of families, teachers, people in the SEND sector and those …
By Dr Andrea Honess, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Educational and Child Psychology The government’s Schools White Paper and SEND consultation set out some welcome ambitions for …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Last month, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson delayed the publication of the Schools White Paper, and along with it, any changes to SEND. She said there would be a “period of …
Former Director of the Council for Disabled Children, Dame Christine Lenahan, has intimated that the Government is indeed considering slashing disabled children’s rights.. But, she says, it’s okay, families don’t …
Four years ago, the Department for Education (DfE) began a review into the SEND system. Six months ago, the DfE announced what government’s SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan would …
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 …
Let’s kick off with some Green Paper quotes: “Disabled children and children with SEN tell us that they can feel frustrated by a lack of the right help at school …
Updates Summary of the SEND review: right support, right place, right time Dedicated SEND Review website Open consultation SEND review: right support, right place, right time So finally, after more …
SNJ note: Prof. Brian Lamb OBE’s Lamb Inquiry in 2009 sparked the last SEND Reforms Green Paper. We’re delighted he’s here on SNJ to give his thoughts on what’s gone …
Somehow, it’s already early December. That means it’s time for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service to release their set of annual figures about the work of the Special Educational …
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have published a joint report after a series of interim “listening and learning” visits to schools during autumn 2020 and Spring 2021. (Note: This …
The thing about SEND research, is that to the families it’s about, it’s not news at all. Of course, decision-makers like data. They like to pore over it and tut …
Clean hands it seems, are not just for the pandemic. The Department for Education has them over any failures in SEND. It’s just not their fault. The DfE has finally …
One of the (numerous) problems many parents find when their child is having an education, health and care needs assessment, is the “care” bit. A social care assessment is often …
