In a new survey, NEU members have given a damning Ofsted-style ranking of the current support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) with the vast majority (92%) saying the next government must [read more]
Paul Harris, CEO of the Tapscott Learning Trust, explains how to successfully implement SEND inclusion – and why it’s necessary Special educational needs and disability (SEND) support can be challenging to get right in education, [read more]
As reported by the BBC, the Commons Education Committee said the government had set councils up to fail by upping parents’ expectations while cutting council budgets overall The Special Educational Needs and Disabilities report stated [read more]
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has found that thousands of children and young people with vision impairment (VI) are being failed due to a shortage of SEND funding Nearly half (44%) of [read more]
Education and support for SEND pupils is in crisis due to funding cuts – how is this manifesting itself? The funding shortfall for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) keeps growing, nationwide, and [read more]
Children leaving secondary school to be home educated often have complex needs and some make the move as a last resort rather than a preferred choice, new research by Ofsted has revealed The exploratory study [read more]
Researchers from the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found one in 10 pupils who sat their GCSEs in 2017 experienced an “unexplained exit” at some point during their secondary school career Research into “off-rolling” from schools in England has found [read more]
A new trial will find out if taking part in enrichment activities like sports clubs and community volunteering can boost attainment and attributes like teamwork and social responsibility, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has announced [read more]
In a judgment announced at the high court on Monday, Justice Lewis ruled there was “no unlawful discrimination” in the way the government made provision for SEND funding Three families, representing thousands of others across [read more]
As reported by The Guardian, families who launched a landmark legal challenge to the government’s funding of services for SEND children have lost their high court case Three families, representing thousands of others across England, brought the action [read more]
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