Inclusion

Kent council’s controversial special school inclusion plans shelved

Proposals to redesignate special schools amid accusations some 'turned away most complex pupils' faced legal threats

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Councils splurge £18m on private special schools with repeated failures

Millions funnelled in just one year to settings that have failed independent school standards

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
Inclusion

Lost learning solutions: meet the inclusion trailblazers

As a landmark report into 'lost learning' shared how schools must boost inclusion, we spoke to some of the...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

‘I’d like to see SEND label retired’, says inclusion tsar Tom Rees

DfE inclusion adviser also spoke of problems with the current 'medicalised model' of special educational needs support

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

ASCL head: Leaders turning away SEND kids need ‘calling out’

While wider reform is needed, leaders must create a 'culture that is more inclusive and more open', says union...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

How to solve SEND? 13 sector solutions…

The education committee received an 'unprecedented' number of responses to its SEND inquiry. Here's what we learned from it...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

Cheaper to pay fines than provide SEND support

Councils pay families thousands of pounds for failure to provide support stipulated in EHCPs

Rosa Furneaux
Rosa Furneaux
Inclusion

Feature: The case for a SEND evidence ‘custodian’

Calls grow for a national institute for SEND excellence - so how could it work?

John Dickens
John Dickens
Inclusion

EHCPs: Schools pick up pieces of absent health and social care

Plans to support SEND pupils being drawn up without any input from health and social care, investigation finds

John Dickens
John Dickens