Inclusion

Recruiter: Hire us and get EHCP applications done free

Concerns over 'troubling commodification of statutory SEND processes at a time when schools are already overwhelmed'

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Revealed: DfE’s orders to councils as SEND reforms quietly begin

Whitehall tells councils not to wait for the white paper or further information on deficits to get started

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

Piloted in-school SEND support ‘cut exclusions’ – report

Standardised EHCPs also welcomed by parents and councils, researchers find

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

Councils snub alternative funding to press on with special schools

Local authorities were offered the choice of continuing with projects or taking cash to boost places elsewhere

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Inclusion

The long, lonely wait for SEND help

As schools and families await the white paper, Schools Week speaks to three families who have found specialist provision...

Samantha Booth
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

Extra SEND cash coming, says DfE, as councils’ woes deepen

Minister says white paper will bring 'additional’ funding as town halls warn high needs freeze will worsen deficits

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

New £200m scheme ‘will offer SEND training to all teaching staff’

A 'comprehensive' new package of training is hoped to 'upskill all staff in every school, college and nursery'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

SEND deficit support ‘not unlimited’ as funding review pledged

Support given to councils will be 'linked to assurance' they are moving towards an inclusive education system

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Identifying inclusion: Lessons for Labour from councils, charities and the sector

The government wants a more inclusive school system. But how do you measure inclusion? We spoke to those already...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth