SEND Knowledge

09/02/2025

Successful special educational needs complaints in England quadruple in four years

Rising demand and ballooning council deficits have left a threadbare service – and children and parents in crisis

03/01/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/02/urgent-referrals-of-children-in-mental-health-crisis-in-england-rise

Charity says NHS failure to help more young people sooner is a ‘shocking betrayal’

19/12/2024

'Council delays lost our son his SEN school place'

A family say their son lost his school place due to 'repeated' East Sussex County Council failures.

18/12/2024

Council to use empty buildings to boost SEND places

Hampshire County Council will need 1,800 extra specialist school places by 2030/31.

17/12/2024

Parents of most vulnerable children to lose automatic right to home education

The right to home schooling will no longer be automatic for parents of the most vulnerable children under new government proposals.

17/12/2024

Plan to register children not in school takes shape

The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill is expected to come into force in 2025.

16/12/2024

The Guardian view on reforming special needs education: a demanding test for ministers

Editorial: The system has been stretched to breaking point. The government needs to come up with a plan

16/12/2024

What kind of society would willingly traumatise its children in the name of education?

As claims about practices in two flagship London academies are investigated, it’s time to stop and think about what schools are really for, says Guardian columnist John Harris

06/12/2024

‘Financial blackmail’: Council to charge schools £21k ‘exclusion levy’

Devon says rising exclusions are no longer affordable, but planned charge could raise £5.1 million

05/12/2024

WE NEED THIS TO BE SEEN

Received from Libby SmallTalk Speech & Language Therapy.

A collaboration of parents and professionals have been working on this report which is being sent to MPs across the country.

For all of us who have been blamed, trauma’d and caused harm when trying to get support for our children… this is for us.

The link to the full document and report is in the comments. Please do share with your powers that be!

05/12/2024

Only 25% of Somerset SEND pupils testing on time

Only a quarter of assessments were carried out within a required timeframe in recent months.

05/12/2024

This is a legal requirement not a target!

SEND: Incoming Nottinghamshire council leader to focus on achieving EHCP targets

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Children and Families Select Committee met on 2 December to discuss updates on their children’s and SEND services – for

05/12/2024

NEW POST: Our SEND funding analyst, Matt Keer, looks behind the headlines at the SEND funding announcement. Will £740m make mainstream schools truly accessible? Plus SEND safety valve deals halted—we’ll take that as a win! https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/will-740m-mainstream-truly-accessible-plus-send-safety-valve-deals-halted-win/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ZM

29/11/2024

In the area of special educational needs and disabilities, we find fault in 92% of the cases we investigate and the numbers are increasing rapidly

29/11/2024

Autistic abuse case must never happen again - No 10

CCTV shown to the BBC shows children being thrown to the floor in padded rooms at special needs school.

29/11/2024

Kent special schools threaten to sue council over inclusion plans

Mainstream schools in Kent are to be more inclusive and high-needs spending brought under control

29/11/2024

NEW POST: What is Ordinarily Available Provision for learners with ? And is it a friend or foe when it comes to getting the right support? We have Part 1 of a two-part article from veteran SEND expert, Philippa Stobbs OBE https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/ordinarily-available-provision-for-send-friend-or-foe-part-1-from-philippa-stobbs-obe/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ZM

26/11/2024

Send crisis in England and Wales leaving children more vulnerable, says report

Experts point to increased risk of criminal and sexual exploitation and call for urgent action from government