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SEND 2026: Tracking a decade of rising need with earlier EHCPs and moves to specialist provision for secondary " Special Needs Jungle
2+ hour ago (1523+ words) It's that time of year again: The Department for Education (Df E) has published its annual statistics on special educational needs in England. These days, the Df E does a great job of making this data available for people to play…...
The Government thinks Ofsted will ensure SEND reform accountability. This evidence suggests "significant concern. " Special Needs Jungle
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1755+ words) If you sat in on our Schools White Paper webinar with Department for Education Minister, Georgia Gould, last month, you'll have heard plenty of concerns from parents about accountability in a future reformed SEND system. The Minister responded to those…...
ARFID: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder is much more than just "fussy eating" " Special Needs Jungle
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (509+ words) By Dr Kim Collett, Associate Lecturer and Researcher specialising in inclusive education and SEND Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) can last for years and be the cause of intense stress. As Dr Kim Collett, Associate Lecturer and Researcher specialising…...
"Covid babies" and plans for SEND Reforms: Are We Creating a Forgotten Generation? " Special Needs Jungle
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (588+ words) With Michelle Windridge, National Education Lead for School-Based Early Years, Twinkl Remember Covid? Our coverage during the pandemic helped thousands of families, teachers, people in the SEND sector and those in local and national government understand what was happening with…...
Df E backtracks over consulting on planned SEND legal changes. Parents MUST respond to the consultation to say Not in Our Name!
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1083+ words) The Department for Education doesn't seem to know whether it's coming or going. Yesterday it was forced to issue a "clarification" over its consultation; specifically, the bit where it said it wasn't interested in your views about its plans to…...
Where will all the teaching assistants come from? The research exposing the reality gap in the government SEND plans
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1533+ words) Today, we're looking at a number of different research reports'most of them the Government's own'that point to a growing mismatch between its mainstream inclusion ambitions and schools' ability to recruit and retain the teaching assistants needed to deliver them. Evidence…...
Are SEND lawyers REALLY opposing the Government's reform proposals just to protect their "vested interests?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (276+ words) Eleanor Wright is the Legal Officer for SEND law advice and support charity, SOS! SEN. SOS! SEN are part of the Save Our Children's Rights campaign The simple fact is, if no satisfactory accountability mechanism is built into the system,…...
Accountability after SEND Reform: A system that marks its own homework
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1773+ words) If you had to rank the things that parent carers want to see more than anything else in a reformed SEND system, stronger accountability would probably be top of the list. The Department for Education (Df E) heard that loud and…...
REGISTER NOW: SNJ's Schools White Paper SEND Legal Roundtable with Steve Broach KC, Hayley Mason-Seager, IPSEA & SOS! SEN
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (797+ words) Today registration opens for our SEND LEGAL ROUNDTABLE on the implications of the Schools White Paper's SEND Proposals. We are delighted to have four experts in SEND law, who will be on hand to answer your questions, led by the…...
When "Easy Read" isn't easy: Why the SEND consultation risks excluding disabled children and young people
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (751+ words) Many people and organisations, including us, welcomed that an Easy Read version of the SEND Consultation was published on the same day as the Schools White Paper and main SEND Consultation documents. That should have been a sign that disabled…...