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‘Ticking timebomb’: how Send spending could bankrupt English councils

Guardian analysis lays bare a neglected system that is ruinously expensive, and often fails children and parents

The Guardian - UK

Ministers plan major changes to Send education in England

White paper being prepared as councils hope for relief from huge deficits in special educational needs budgets

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of thousands of families in England to find out secondary school places

Parents of children with special educational needs face a ‘postcode lottery’ to secure specialist provision, a school leaders’ union has warned.

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Some pupils in England less likely to have special needs identified, study shows

Research by Education Policy Institute highlights groups it says are at greater risk of missing out on Send support

The Guardian - UK

Successful special educational needs complaints in England quadruple in four years

Rising demand and ballooning council deficits have left a threadbare service – and children and parents in crisis

The Guardian - UK

Nearly three in five academy trusts now have in-year deficits, report suggests

Academy leaders said rising staff costs and growing demand for Send provision are financial challenges.

Evening Standard

‘Lost generation’ at risk of leaving school without vital Send support, MPs warn

Whether children receive support depends too much on their postcode, or how well families can navigate the system, the Public Accounts Committee said.

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Ofsted to meet parents of Send children to understand why they are not in school

It comes as proposed legislation is seeking to remove the automatic right for parents to home educate their children if they are at risk of harm.

Evening Standard

Early intervention is vital to end the special needs crisis

Letters: The national curriculum isn’t working, say former teachers Pauline Silcock and Celia Roberts. Plus a letter from Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden

The Guardian - UK

The culture wars are coming for children with special needs – Labour must tread carefully

With the yawning gap between available funding and rising demand, parents are right to fear the government’s reaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

‘The worst it’s ever been’: teachers decry Send crisis in England’s schools

Staff and parents share their experience as number of pupils with special educational needs spirals

The Guardian - UK

‘Fobbed off and rejected’: Send crisis takes toll on families in Birmingham

As council cuts costs due to effective bankruptcy, parents face an exhausting battle to get support for their children

The Guardian - UK

£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support

Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate families

The Guardian - UK

Spiralling demand and shrinking budgets: why England’s Send system is buckling

No quick fix for a system that is failing children and parents and pushing councils into insolvency

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Warning of no early reform of special educational needs in England amid new inquiry

Chair of committee of MPs, Helen Hayes, says current Send ‘deep crisis’ is neither sustainable nor acceptable

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‘Early intervention is best’: how educational psychology is supporting Hillingdon schools to be more inclusive

Efforts to support children with special educational needs start early at the west London borough, and as youngsters move on, there are new facilities and trained teaching assistants at mainstream schools

Evening Standard

Lack of support for Send children is ‘timebomb’ for public services, MPs told

Education minister Catherine McKinnell said: ‘We desperately need to reform the system.’

The Guardian - UK

Schools in England to get extra £740m for pupils with special needs

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says extra funding for mainstream schools will help break down barriers

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The special educational needs crisis affects all our children

Letters: Dr Helen Care says we have to start looking at the wider picture and ask what schools are for, Helen Kinsey says it is a false economy not to be supporting the most vulnerable. Plus a letter from Andrew Seber

The Guardian - UK

Send crisis in England and Wales leaving children more vulnerable, says report

Experts point to increased risk of criminal and sexual exploitation and call for urgent action from government

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Bridget Phillipson’s sound advice: schools should focus on belonging

Editorial: A shift in priorities that emphasises pupil wellbeing not just exam results could improve attendance

Evening Standard

Nearly one in three pupils in England given extra time in exams, says regulator

The total number of approved special access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A-level exams rose by 12.3% in the past year, according to Ofqual data.

The Independent UK

Live: Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Budget

In the first Labour Budget since 2010 – and the first delivered by a woman – Ms Reeves promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’.

The Guardian - UK

Labour can find money for the great god of infrastructure – but what about actual people?

A new report lays bare the scandal of special needs provision, a crisis that sums up just how expensive austerity ends up being, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Parents trapped in special needs tribunal backlog as disputes surge by 50%

Waits of more than a year for hearings into councils’ failure to meet growing needs of Send children

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