Inclusion

‘Illegal school’ fear over unregistered alternative provision

Children’s commissioner calls for wide-ranging reforms to a system she says is 'failing children who often need the greatest...

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Inclusion

Pilot of SEND tech device ‘lending libraries’ for schools launched

DfE says £1.7m scheme will benefit up to 4,000 schools across up to 32 local authorities

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

Internal AP risks becoming ‘costly holding pens’, report warns  

Lack of guidance and oversight of in-school AP highlighted in new report that aims to codify good practice

John Dickens
Ella Jessel
Inclusion

SEND deficits to be kept off council balance sheets for two more years

SEND deficit 'statutory override' protecting potentially scores of councils from insolvency extended to 2028

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusion

Call for ‘enforceable’ school inclusion framework and audits

Schools should follow 'enforceable' national inclusivity standards to 'shape a system that works for everyone', major FED report says

John Dickens
Ella Jessel
Inclusion

‘An accident waiting to happen’: Schools forced to provide medical care for vulnerable pupils

Situation so bad one trust may be forced to take legal action against its local health board

Freddie Whittaker
Chaminda Jayanetti
Inclusion

1 in 20 pupils now have EHCP after numbers rise again

New data shows 11 per cent yearly rise in number of pupils with education, health and care plans amid...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Inclusion

‘Wholly unsuitable’ EHCPs, long waits for help: SEND inspection failures revealed

Ofsted proposes ‘pool of inspectors’ and report cards to improve SEND inspections as shortcomings revealed

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Inclusion

‘Burnt out and isolated’: the staff on the SEND crisis frontline

SENCos will be central to any government plan to make mainstream schools more inclusive. But are their roles even...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks