Category: Special educational needs

The financial time bomb facing special educational needs – podcast

Richard Adams reports on the Send funding cliff edge affecting children and their developmentViolet in north London is six years old and loves butterflies and moths. She’s autistic with speech and language difficulties and...

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Streeting does not want ‘corridor care’ in UK hospitals to be normalised – politics live

Health secretary says treating patients in corridors because no beds available in wards is ‘undignified’ – but eradicating practice will take timeThe Mauritian government said talks will continue on the Chagos...

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Starmer accuses Tories of being ‘economic vandals’ at PMQs as Badenoch challenges him to rule out tax rises – UK politics live

Prime minister says global economy experiencing volatility after Conservative leader attacks him over economyThe Mauritian government said talks will continue on the Chagos Islands deal, with attorney general Gavin Glover set to...

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Send provision in ‘vicious downward spiral’, says former children’s commissioner

Anne Longfield urges government to act on early intervention and support for children with complex needs‘The worst it’s ever been’: teachers decry Send crisis in England’s schoolsChildren with special...

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£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support

Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate familiesAnalysis: Why England’s Send system is buckling ‘Fobbed off and rejected’:...

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Fix SEN funding to avoid ‘absurd’ council deficits in England, IFS says

Thinktank calls on government to set a long-term vision for radical changeCouncil deficits in England could spiral to “absurd” levels in excess of £8bn in less than three years without radical reform of special...

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Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step inParents have accused an academy school in east London of causing serious harm to children’s mental...

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Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of special educational needs system

Local government ombudsman report into SEND in England offers damning assessment England’s special education system is failing, causing thousands of children to have their development put back by months or even years,...

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Phillipson to ask schools to end exam ‘tunnel vision’ and look to wellbeing

Exclusive: Education secretary to tell schools in England pupils need sense of belonging, as attendance declines Top exam grades will not transform children into happy and healthy adults, the education secretary will say,...

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