1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1096+ words) From four tiers of support in schools to tighter rules on EHCPs, the system for special educational needs is changing Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) face losing support under major reforms to the sector that could be…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (953+ words) Campaigners say students are being 'shepherded' into debt at university due to a lack of alternatives University students who dropped out of their courses owe more than "12bn in student loan debt, with figures obtained by The i Paper showing the…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (412+ words) 'You tend to focus very much on the present tense when you're the parent of an autistic child,' said Mark Neary As a parent, Mark Neary was always focused on the present. He and his wife adopted their son, Steven,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (373+ words) The i Paper's Outnumbered columnist challenged herself to stop problem-solving and leave her children to their own devices" Sensibly, it cautions that our children grow into capable adults by learning to rely on their own resources, which only happens with…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (279+ words) NEWSLETTER () We have devised a system that is utterly unfair " to just about all of us That is huge by any standards. It is not only the highest in the world, it is also much higher than in Scotland (18,000), Wales…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (266+ words) Children's brains are a messy mass of inefficient neural pathways, that will evolve through the early years to become better carriers of messages "But the economy is completely broken," said my 16-year-old. As a journalist, I was simultaneously impressed that…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (839+ words) Councils are buckling under the pressure of special educational needs as care plans can take up 68 hours of staff time Share this story from The i Paper - and spark a conversation. Gift up to 10 articles a month to a friend,…...

1+ week, 11+ min ago  (689+ words) Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) face losing support via education, health and care plans (EHCPs) from 2030 under major reforms to the sector. Ministers will boost SEND provision in mainstream schools from 2026, with plans to grow the workforce…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (660+ words) Women are more likely to be repaying the debt in their 50s and 60s - when they could be boosting their retirement pots For years, we've been told that women are winning the education race. But when it comes to student debt, it's…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (947+ words) Since my kids left home, I've realised motherhood distracted me from who I am Recently, something wonderful happened. My 22-year-old daughter surprised me with a gift that she had thought long and hard about. A pewter, heart-shaped locket, with a…...