Category: Special educational needs

VAT on private school fees is discriminatory, high court told

Legal action claims policy breaches rights of children with SEN whose needs cannot be met by UK state schoolsAdding VAT to private school fees discriminates against children with conditions such as autism whose needs cannot be...

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Pizzas, iPads and praise stamps: pupils reap rewards for attending school

Schools combining incentives with sanctions saw better response than those relying purely on punishmentPizza parties and iPads are being offered to pupils as incentives to improve school attendance, according to a new report...

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Tories and Reform UK must agree pact before next election to stop Labour, shadow minister says – UK politics live

Greg Smith says parties on the right will ‘have to play nice’ if there is a chance of Labour winning the next electionNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has defended politicians who get involved in entertainment...

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Social care sector faces collapse as NICs and wage rises loom, providers warn

Independent care providers say the government’s planned increases will push many to the brinkA day on the frontline of England’s social care crisis – Politics Weekly UKThe adult social care sector could...

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Calls to close RAF Wethersfield asylum centre after high court rules vulnerable migrants put there unlawfully – as it happened

Campaigners welcome decision saying Home Office acted unlawfullyDowning Street has declined to comment on claims that half the cabinet would like Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, to rethink the proposed cuts to disability...

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Calls to close RAF Wethersfield asylum centre after high court rules vulnerable migrants put there unlawfully – UK politics live

Campaigners welcome decision saying Home Office acted unlawfullyDowning Street has declined to comment on claims that half the cabinet would like Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, to rethink the proposed cuts to disability...

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English councils spending twice as much on Send pupil transport as fixing roads

Exclusive: Costs particularly acute in more rural areas, where many children with special needs have to use taxisCouncils in England are spending on average twice as much on school transport for children with special educational...

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Ministers plan major changes to Send education in England

White paper being prepared as councils hope for relief from huge deficits in special educational needs budgets‘A ticking time bomb’: the neglected crisis of Send education in EnglandLabour is preparing major changes...

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