Inclusion

We ARE consulting on SEND appeals, insists DfE

Lawyers ask for an 'urgent explanation' after conflicting messages on SEND tribunal

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

Councils head to court over £4.5m in special school fees

Wandsworth council has launched legal action against Kent over a school it ran in the county

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

Whitehall to leverage capital cash to force council mainstream focus

Town halls will be required to sign a new 'memorandum of understanding' on how to spend £860m of high...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

DfE inclusion tsar to lead SEND expert panel

Academy trust boss Tom Rees will co-chair a panel to create inclusion standards and new SEND 'packages'

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

New ‘inclusion strategies’: What schools need to know

DfE fleshes out requirements for annual strategies that will attract £400m a year in funding

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

Some schools ‘actively discourage’ SEN support pupils, research warns

Top performing schools are found to take less pupils with SEND and eligible for free school meals

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Exclusion, Inclusion

A child who drops out isn’t a failure, they just need support

Education can be rebuilt at any point and the key factor is having adults who meet the child where...

Samantha Booth
Ed Robbins
Inclusion

‘Real concerns’ health service missing in SEND reforms 

The white paper thrusts schools into the driving seat of government’s reforms, prompting questions on whether health services will...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Special schools over capacity by 11,000 pupils

Around two-thirds of special schools are still over-capacity, DfE says

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker