Profile: Derwen College, specialist educational needs college, West Midlands
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Colleges Special needs SEN
  • Mar 8, 2022
Staff increase to support special education needs in Manx schools
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Isle of Man SEN Pupil support Teacher supply
  • Feb 19, 2022
Council failings left autistic teenager unsupported for three years, ombudsman finds
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SEN Autism Pupil support
  • Feb 17, 2022
Feedback and marking in SEN
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SEN Special needs Feedback Marking
  • Jan 3, 2022
Special educational needs (SEN) support: findings from a qualitative study
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SEN Special needs
  • Dec 9, 2021
Unions fighting academisation of Leicester SEN school
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SEN Special needs Academisation
  • Nov 27, 2021
SEN – an education for life beyond school
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SEN Special needs
  • Oct 23, 2021
Keeping the consistency: SEN - the golden thread
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SEN Special needs
  • Oct 18, 2021
Northern Ireland: Saliva tests considered for mainstream SEN pupils
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Northern Ireland Covid testing SEN Special needs
  • Sep 19, 2021
Lack of psychologists hits pupils with special educational needs
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SEN Psychologists
  • Aug 29, 2021
Make us wait
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SEN Behaviour
  • May 23, 2021
School support is vital for families being let down by the SEN system
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SEN
  • Apr 25, 2021
Covid-19 vaccine denied for special school staff – and then reinstated
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Coronavirus Vaccinations Covid safety Special schools SEN Teacher welfare
  • Feb 5, 2021
Some special school staff to be prioritised for vaccine
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Coronavirus Special schools SEN Vaccinations Covid safety Scotland
  • Feb 3, 2021
SEN school staff in Ipswich to receive vaccine
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Coronavirus Vaccinations SEN Special schools Covid safety
  • Feb 2, 2021
Coronavirus in Ireland: Parents go to court over closure of schools for pupils with special needs
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Coronavirus Lockdown School closures Ireland Special needs SEN Special schools Pupil support
  • Jan 28, 2021
Respond to the S.E.N. Code of Practice Consultation 2020
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SEN Consultation
  • Dec 11, 2020
Statistics: special educational needs (SEN)
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Special needs SEN
  • May 7, 2020
Amanda Barclay's special needs school closes due to pandemic
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Coronavirus Special schools Special needs SEN School closures
  • Apr 21, 2020
Extraordinary efforts of staff still caring for vulnerable learners
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Coronavirus Colleges Vulnerable SEN
  • Apr 4, 2020
New budget rules for councils may hit special needs school spending
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SEN SEND
  • Mar 8, 2020
SEN pupils not well served by in-year admissions
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SEN SEND
  • Mar 7, 2020
Clémence Hittin is a star but no school will teach her
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SEN SEND
  • Mar 7, 2020
Statements of SEN and EHC Plans: England 2019
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SEN EHCPs Special needs
  • Mar 3, 2020
3 adaptations for SEND students when using mastery
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SEN Mastery
  • Feb 15, 2020
Significant link between SEN and looked-after children
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SEN Looked-after Pupil support
  • Jan 29, 2020
Special educational needs survey 2021
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Special needs Survey SEN
  • Sep 25, 2019
Parents win funding to mount legal challenge over school closure
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School closures Residential special schools Legal action SEN
  • Aug 19, 2019
Special educational needs crisis deepens as councils bust their budgets
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SEN Local authorities Angela Rayner
  • Aug 18, 2019
Support mainstream SEN inclusion, urges ADCS
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SEN Special needs Mainstream
  • Aug 7, 2019
Furious mum ordered to ‘leave school sports day’ after helping disabled daughter join in with a race
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Sports SEN
  • Jul 28, 2019
Teachers ‘forced special needs child to make a list of his faults’
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SEN
  • Jul 28, 2019
Number of pupils with SEN rises for third year to 1.3m
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SEN Pupil numbers Pupil support Special needs
  • Jul 4, 2019
Special educational needs in England: January 2019
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SEN Special needs
  • Jun 6, 2019
Statements of SEN and EHC Plans: England 2019
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SEN Special needs EHCPs
  • May 23, 2019
Call for reform of system treating children with SEN as mental health inpatients
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SEN Special needs Mental health Pupil support
  • May 20, 2019
Council sent letter to schools advising against applying for EHCPs
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EHCPs Pupil support Special needs SEN
  • May 8, 2019
‘Cleansed by cuts’: schools refuse places to special needs pupils
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School places Special needs SEN School admissions
  • May 7, 2019
Excluded pupils' results 'to be part of league tables'
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Pupil exclusions Expulsion Vulnerable Special needs SEN
  • May 7, 2019
Education secretary calls on schools to expel fewer pupils
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Pupil exclusions Expulsion Vulnerable Special needs SEN
  • May 7, 2019
Schools ordered to exclude fewer disruptive pupils
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Timpson review Pupil exclusions Expulsion SEN Accountability
  • May 7, 2019
Call to cut school exclusions after review highlights 'varied approach' to bans
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Pupil exclusions Accountability School performance Timpson review SEN
  • May 6, 2019
Autistic girl who can't speak in full sentences denied place at special school
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Autism Special schools School places Pupil support Special needs SEN
  • Apr 18, 2019
DfE faces legal action over pupil isolation booths
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Isolation Legal action SEN Special needs Suicide
  • Apr 4, 2019
Ethnic minority pupils disproportionately identified with special educational needs
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Ethnic minorities Special needs SEN
  • Mar 19, 2019
The Guardian view on special educational needs: segregation is not the answer | Editorial
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Alternative provision Segregation SEN Inclusion Funding EHCPs Pupil support
  • Mar 18, 2019
Autistic people asked for their views to help transform support
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Autism Special needs SEN Pupil support
  • Mar 14, 2019
Progress 8: Is it time to tinker?
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Progress 8 Disadvantaged students SEN Accountability
  • Mar 13, 2019
Autism: How to make schools better for autistic pupils
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Autism Special needs SEN Pupil support
  • Mar 12, 2019
Vital support plans for pupils 'disappearing' in Scotlandsend
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SEN ASN Scotland
  • Feb 10, 2019
Progress 8 for pupils with SEN: Are P8 scores really that low?
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Progress 8 SEN Special needs Attainment
  • Jan 30, 2019
Norfolk council rebuked over special needs provision
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Special needs SEN Provision Local authority
  • Jan 16, 2019
Rise in children with SEN in PVI nurseries
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SEN PVI EHCPs Special needs
  • Jan 11, 2019
Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2018
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SEN EHC EHCPs Statistics
  • Jan 8, 2019
Changes to SEN information on performance tables
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SEN
  • Jan 3, 2019
ASCL welcomes extra funding for children with special educational needs
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Funding Special needs SEN
  • Dec 16, 2018
New funding to support children with special educational needs
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Funding Special needs SEN
  • Dec 16, 2018
A boy called Freddie …
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Premature birth Summer-born Attainment SEN Academic performance
  • Nov 18, 2018
The pupils being 'off-rolled'
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Off-rolling SEN
  • Nov 9, 2018
Damning Ofsted visit brands special needs charity’s apprenticeships ‘inadequate’
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Ofsted SEN
  • Oct 31, 2018
Families go to high court to oppose Hackney's SEN cuts
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SEN Local authorities
  • Oct 31, 2018
Reviewing and updating SEN information reports
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SEN
  • Oct 30, 2018
Revealed: The winners of the Nasen Awards 2018
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Nasen SEN Awards
  • Oct 26, 2018
Children's services company receives funding to improve SEN careers guidance
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SEN Careers guidance Funding
  • Oct 16, 2018
Matt Hancock dyslexia struggles 'strengthen case against cuts'
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Dyslexia SEN
  • Oct 3, 2018
Parents in High Court battle with Surrey Council over special needs funding cuts
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SEN Funding Local authority
  • Oct 3, 2018
Tackling diversity in the classroom
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Child refugees Special needs SEN Ethnic groups Minorities Disadvantaged pupils Integration Funding Erasmus+
  • Oct 2, 2018
Parents head to High Court over special needs cuts
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Special needs Funding Legal action SEN
  • Oct 2, 2018
Independent special schools and colleges
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Special schools Colleges Special needs SEN
  • Oct 1, 2018
Learning difficulties: the 10 research priorities
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Learning difficulties Special needs SEN Research
  • Sep 12, 2018
The gap between reality and rhetoric at Ofsted | Letters
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Ofsted SEN
  • Sep 10, 2018
SEN pupils make 'weak' progress in Birmingham, report says
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SEN Ofsted Birmingham
  • Sep 10, 2018
Special needs: How to help your child move well to senior school
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Special needs SEN Transitions
  • Aug 27, 2018
Investigating classroom contexts for learning for pupils with special educational needs: Class size, groupings and interactions
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Special needs Class sizes SEN
  • Aug 23, 2018
Special educational needs in England: January 2018
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SEN Special needs
  • Aug 8, 2018
Special educational needs in England: January 2018
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SEN SENCOs School census
  • Jul 26, 2018
Special Educational Needs: Five findings from the latest statistics
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SEND SEN
  • Jul 26, 2018
Wales: Young people with learning disabilities 'isolated' and 'hidden'
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Wales SEN Learning disability Wellbeing
  • Jul 9, 2018
Education secretary Damian Hinds attacks schools that 'off-roll' special needs pupils to improve league table rankings
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Damian Hinds DfE SEN Off-rolling Ofsted
  • Jul 6, 2018
Correspondence from the Minister for School Standards regarding alternative provision (pdf)
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Alternative provision SEN
  • Jun 27, 2018
Mum’s fury after school ‘asks her to keep autistic son at home during Ofsted inspection’
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Autism Ofsted inspections SEN
  • Jun 26, 2018
Recreation inspired by Edinburgh’s Fettes College to open in China
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Scotland Edinburgh Deaf SEN China
  • Jun 22, 2018
Successful transition to work programme to more than double in size
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SEN Workplace learning
  • Jun 22, 2018
SEN employment initiative set to expand
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SEN Employment Special needs Mentoring Workplace skills Employability
  • Jun 21, 2018
Special educational needs audit resource
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Special needs SEN Resources
  • Jun 21, 2018
10 SEN strategies or just good practice for any classroom?
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SEN Good practice Teaching
  • Jun 20, 2018
Oxford don accused of mocking young man with Down’s syndrome for being sexist
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SEN Sexism Oxford University
  • Jun 20, 2018
New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND
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SEN Funding DfE DfE Local authority
  • May 29, 2018
Government announces £50m to boost school SEND facilities
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SEN DfE Funding DfE
  • May 29, 2018
DfE announces £50m to expand special schools, but the money isn’t new
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SEN DfE
  • May 29, 2018
SEN reforms: Sharp increase in number of children refused support
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Special needs SEN Reforms Pupil support
  • May 24, 2018
Number of pupils with statements or EHCPs continues to rise
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SEN EHCP
  • May 24, 2018
For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer
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Special needs SEN EHCP
  • May 22, 2018
Boost in support for children with additional needs
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Additional needs Teacher training SEN
  • May 10, 2018
Statements of SEN transferring to EHC plans: 31 March 2018
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SEN Special needs EHC
  • May 10, 2018
Scotland: Fight for extra school support "incredibly daunting"
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Scotland SEN
  • May 7, 2018
These loving mums both have sons with special needs. So why do they argue it's time to end the well-meant policy of sending them to mainstream schools?
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Special needs Mainstream schools SEN Autism ADHD Student support
  • Apr 18, 2018
Excluded children and parents should be protected by ‘bill of rights’, say experts
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Pupil exclusions Vulnerable Special needs Rights Behaviour SEN
  • Apr 17, 2018
Devastated mum secretly records teachers bullying her severely autistic boy, 12
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Autism Special needs SEN Bullying Teachers
  • Apr 17, 2018
Scotland: Diagnosis of ADHD in children is inconsistent
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Scotland ADHD Special needs Learning difficulties SEN
  • Apr 17, 2018
SEN: Fighting the system
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SEN Special needs Student support Outcomes Vulnerable Secondary
  • Apr 9, 2018
Secret Teacher: my school dumbs down learning for students with special needs
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SEN Secret Teacher
  • Apr 7, 2018
The Lance Armstrong theory of educational accountability
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SEN
  • Apr 2, 2018
Ireland: Pupils with special needs are more likely to be poor
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Ireland SEN Poverty
  • Apr 2, 2018
SEN teachers 'are headbutted, spat on and punched – sometimes every day'
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SEN
  • Apr 1, 2018
My son has Down’s syndrome – and he belongs in a mainstream school | Sally Phillips
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Special needs Mainstream schools SEN
  • Mar 26, 2018
Daily roundup 22 March: Emergency cash, youth centres, and SEN funding
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Funding Closures Special needs SEN Disadvantaged
  • Mar 22, 2018
Hull schools at 'breaking point' over special educational needs
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Special needs Funding Vulnerable SEN
  • Mar 22, 2018
New action to improve outcomes for children with additional needs
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Pupil outcomes Additional needs Inequality Alternative provision SEN
  • Mar 16, 2018
Concern over long school journeys for SEN pupils
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SEN Special needs School travel
  • Mar 7, 2018
SEN: Fighting the system
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SEN Special needs
  • Mar 6, 2018
Ireland: Special classes may be hindering some pupils
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Ireland Special needs Learning difficulties Inclusive education SEN
  • Feb 20, 2018
NAHT’s joint conference with Royal College of Psychiatrists
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Special needs Conferences SEN
  • Feb 5, 2018
The Communication Trust faces uncertain future
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Communication DfE SLCN Special needs SEN Language
  • Jan 25, 2018
SEN charity launches free online resources for early years
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SEN Early years Childcare Nurseries Special needs Resources
  • Jan 23, 2018
Independent special schools and colleges
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Independent schools Colleges Special needs SEN
  • Dec 20, 2017
Primary league tables: Special-needs pupils struggle with new tests
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Primary schools League tables Special needs Assessment SEN Funding Reading Writing Maths
  • Dec 14, 2017
Yoga therapy for children with SEN celebrated
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SEN Physical activity Special needs
  • Dec 7, 2017
Resources and news round-up
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Resources Self-harm SEN Funding
  • Dec 6, 2017
Secret Teacher: funding cuts leave us unable to help SEN children at school
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Secret Teacher SEN Funding School cuts
  • Dec 2, 2017
As BBC drama The A word shows, mainstream schools can make special needs pupils feel isolated
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Mainstream schools Special needs Autism Pupil exclusions Behaviour SEN
  • Nov 30, 2017
The UK is turning back the clock on the education of disabled children | Jonathan Bartley
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Disabled Special needs Home schooling School places Inclusion SEN
  • Nov 30, 2017
Four kids with SEN: It's made us better people
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Special needs SEN
  • Nov 29, 2017
Why I had to home-educate my daughter
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Home schooling Special needs SEN Parents Student support
  • Nov 27, 2017
Pupils on ‘SEN support’ fare worse than pupils with EHCPs
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SEN Student support EHCP Special needs
  • Nov 20, 2017
Longfield calls for action to tackle informal exclusions
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Pupil exclusions Vulnerable Pupil numbers Behaviour Discipline Special needs SEN Alternative provision Home schooling
  • Nov 14, 2017
Special educational needs survey 2019: guide
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DfE Special needs SEN SEN2 EHCP
  • Oct 18, 2017
London councils warn of £100m black hole threat to school funding of special needs pupils
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Evening Standard Funding Special needs SEN
  • Oct 18, 2017
Who are the pupils in alternative provision?
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Education Datalab Alternative provision PRUs School places Home schooling Disadvantaged pupils SEN EHCP Ethnicity Pupil exclusions
  • Oct 11, 2017
Making the difference: Breaking the link between school exclusion and social exclusion
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IPPR Pupil exclusions Social mobility Poverty Special needs SEN Mental health Disadvantaged pupils Alternative provision
  • Oct 10, 2017
Special educational needs survey 2018: guide
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DfE Special needs SEN Survey
  • Sep 12, 2017
Cost of school hits £1,500
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SecEd Northern Ireland School fees School uniforms School transport Grammar schools Secondary schools Primary schools SEN
  • Sep 6, 2017
‘People give up’ – the crisis in school support for children with special needs
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Guardian Special needs Student support EHCP Assessments SEN
  • Sep 5, 2017
SEN assessment: one of the Cameron era’s most howling disasters | John Harris
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Guardian Universities SEN Special needs Education reforms
  • Sep 5, 2017
When sound, vision and motor skills do not come together literacy is like an impossible to grasp hologram
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The Staffroom Special needs SEN Literacy Cognitive skills
  • Aug 28, 2017
Oxford sued for ‘mishandling’ special needs
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Times Universities Special needs SEN Legal action Oxford University Discrimination
  • Aug 8, 2017
Australia: Autistic girl's heartfelt letter to Pauline Hanson after she called for children with disabilities to be taken out of 'mainstream' schools
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Mail International Australia Special needs SEN Autism Mainstream schools
  • Jul 28, 2017
Special educational needs in England: January 2017
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DfE SEN SEND Special needs School census
  • Jul 28, 2017
Two students make a song in memory of George, a soldier from World War One (video)
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BBC Special needs Secondary schools SEN History
  • Jul 28, 2017
Number of SEN pupils rises for the first time since 2010
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TES SEN Special needs Pupil numbers Primary schools Secondary schools
  • Jul 27, 2017
Exceptional learning support - cost form
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ESFA Apprentices SEN LDD EHC Funding Financial support
  • Jul 25, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 21 July 2017
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Pearson Policy Eye Funding National funding formula NFF Public sector pay cap Teachers' pay Brexit Pensions Tuition fees Free tuition Student debt Student loans TEF Contracts Vice Chancellors Pay Student retention Drop-out rates Comprehensive T-levels Technical education 16-19 Employers Ofqual CITB Ebacc Arts Post-16 Maths Smith review Performance tables GCSEs English Progress 8 Grading Ofsted SEN Student support Primary schools Secondary schools Colleges Universities Skills
  • Jul 21, 2017
Assessments key to good SEN support in schools, research finds
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CYPN Assessment SEN Student support Special needs
  • Jul 20, 2017
Daily roundup 10 July: Gender identity, self-harm, and child abuse inquiry
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CYPN Gender identity Special needs SEN Mental health Abuse
  • Jul 10, 2017
Autistic children self-harm warning over slow diagnosis
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BBC Special needs SEN Mental health Autism CAMHS Behaviour Discipline
  • Jul 10, 2017
'Significant proportion' of SEN teaching is being delivered by TAs
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SecEd SEN Teaching Teachers Teaching assistants Special needs SEND Secondary schools
  • Jul 5, 2017
Councils call for say in schools funding to protect children with special needs
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Guardian Funding National funding formula NFF Special needs SEN LGA
  • Jun 29, 2017
UNISON launch new Dyslexia eNote
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Unionlearn Unison Dyslexia Special needs SEN
  • Jun 16, 2017
PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums
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Nursery World Early years Nurseries Funding School forums SEN
  • Jun 12, 2017
SEND fund kicks in
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SEND Childcare Funding Special needs Disability SEN DAF Grants Early years Nurseries
  • Jun 12, 2017
SEN: EHCP waiting times are ‘still too long’
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SecEd SEN EHCP Student support Autism Special needs
  • Jun 7, 2017
Labour to scrap government's SEN reforms
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CYPN Politics SEN EHC SEND Student support Disability Special needs Inclusion Free schools Academies Apprenticeships Trainees Access Free tuition Tuition fees Universities Maintenance grants
  • Jun 6, 2017
Views on plans for new grammar schools? #compfuture
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Kalinski Grammar schools Selective education Disadvantaged pupils SEN Funding Teacher recruitment School places 11-plus
  • Jun 3, 2017
P scales: attainment targets for pupils with SEN
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DfE GOV.UK Attainment SEN Pupil performance
  • Jun 2, 2017
Statements of special educational needs (SEN) and education, health and care (EHC) plans in England
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NAHT SEN EHC Special needs
  • May 31, 2017
Tech transitions: UTCs, studio schools,and technical and vocational education in England’s schools
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IPPR Transition UTCs Studio schools Technical education Vocational education 14-19 Performance Student recruitment Secondary Curriculum School closures 16-19 Skills MATs Academies League tables Disadvantaged pupils Attainment SEN Special needs
  • May 26, 2017
Pass or fail: election manifesto education policies analysed
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TES Politics Early years Funding Grammar schools EPI Working class Outcomes Attainment 8 Free school meals Pupil premium Primary schools Nurseries Baseline assessment Progress School performance National funding formula NFF School admissions Universities Tuition fees Free tuition SEN Special needs 16-18 Mental health Class sizes Teachers' pay Attainment CPD Teachers Tertiary education
  • May 26, 2017
Statistics: special educational needs (SEN)
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DfE GOV.UK Special needs SEN
  • May 25, 2017
Special educational needs: analysis and summary of data sources
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DfE GOV.UK SEN Special needs
  • May 25, 2017
Statements of SEN and EHC plans: England, 2017
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DfE GOV.UK SEN EHC Special needs
  • May 25, 2017
Record increase in children receiving specialist SEN support
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CYPN SEN Student support Special needs DfE EHC
  • May 25, 2017
SecEd launches Eighth National Pupil Premium and Ofsted Conference
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SecEd Ofsted Pupil premium School attendance SEN Parental engagement Primary schools Secondary schools
  • May 17, 2017
Assessing pupils not engaged in subject-specific learning
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NAHT SEN Special needs Rochford review Primary schools Primary assessment Assessment SEND
  • May 3, 2017
Independent special schools and colleges
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DfE ESFA Independent schools Special schools Colleges SEN Special needs SEND
  • Apr 28, 2017
Norway: Row over politician meddling in university positions
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University World News Universities International Norway Politics SEN Special needs
  • Apr 20, 2017
School funding crisis is driving up class sizes, teachers warn
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SecEd Funding Class sizes Teachers Secondary schools Primary schools Narrow curriculum NUT ATL Unions Redundancies SEN Budgets Finances
  • Apr 19, 2017
National Special Educational Needs Awards 2017
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NAHT Special needs Awards SEN
  • Apr 12, 2017
Newport teaching assistant reprimand over girl tied to chair
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Wales Special needs SEN Teaching assistants
  • Apr 10, 2017
Schools having to prioritise cost-cutting over quality of children’s education - finds ATL/NUT survey
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ATL Funding NUT Unions Finances Primary schools Secondary schools Class sizes Narrow curriculum Textbooks ICT SEN Special needs Disadvantaged pupils
  • Apr 10, 2017
Schools having to prioritise cost-cutting over quality of children’s education - finds ATL/NUT survey
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NUT ATL Funding Survey Donations Finances Budgets Class sizes Narrow curriculum SEN Special needs Languages Primary schools Secondary schools Parents
  • Apr 10, 2017
'Our school ethos is now based on cost-cutting': Teachers reveal the true impact of budget cuts
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TES Funding Budgets ATL NUT Survey Parents Donations Primary schools Secondary schools Subject choice Class sizes SEN
  • Apr 9, 2017
10 things every child with autism wishes you knew
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The Conversation SEN Autism Special needs
  • Mar 31, 2017
Deaf young people not achieving same FE qualifications as hearing peers
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FE News FE Qualifications Deaf A-levels Technical SEN Special needs
  • Mar 31, 2017
USA: Voicing difference
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BBC Teachers Disabled SEN Special needs International USA
  • Mar 31, 2017
Testing times – what it’s like to sit an exam as an autistic child
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The Conversation Tests Assessment SEN Autism Special needs Learning disabilities
  • Mar 30, 2017
The harrowing stories behind the thousands of pupils who are missing education
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SecEd Drop-out Vulnerable SEN Mental health NCB
  • Mar 29, 2017
How animals can help autistic children
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The Conversation SEN Special needs Autism
  • Mar 29, 2017
Analysing the way children sleep could help us to understand autism
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The Conversation SEN Special needs Autism ASD ADHD Dyslexia Language Research
  • Mar 28, 2017
Children missing out on education at risk of abuse and exploitation
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Guardian Drop-out NCB Disadvantaged pupils Vulnerable Bullying Mental health Special needs SEN
  • Mar 28, 2017
Urgent government action needed on children outside education, charity warns
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TES Primary schools Secondary schools Wellbeing NCB Drop-out Enrolments Mental health SEN Special needs Student support
  • Mar 28, 2017
Academic warns middle-class special needs children are getting more support
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Herald Scotland Scotland Special needs SEN Middle-class Disadvantaged pupils ASN
  • Mar 27, 2017
ATL comment on behaviour in schools
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ATL Behaviour Teacher workload Training Special needs SEN Leaders Funding
  • Mar 24, 2017
Rona Tutt’s update on events, research and policy developments in SEND, March 2017
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NAHT SEN Rochford review Ofsted Lenehan review Mental health Nasen Special needs
  • Mar 23, 2017
A-level attainment gap revealed in new ‘disadvantage’ measure
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Schools Week A-levels Attainment gap Disadvantaged pupils FE League tables 16-19 SEN Colleges Secondary schools
  • Mar 16, 2017
Government tightens school exclusion guidance to clear up 'confusion'
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TES Pupil exclusions Behaviour DfE SEN
  • Mar 14, 2017
Mum of two slams 'shameful' planned special education budget cut
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Wales Online Wales SEN Funding Budget Autism Special needs
  • Mar 14, 2017
SEN pupils are not receiving the support they need
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NASUWT Unions Student support SEN Special needs Funding Teachers SENCOs
  • Mar 11, 2017
Ofsted to investigate schools 'gaming system' to move up league tables
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Guardian Ofsted League tables School performance GCSEs Exams ASCL Narrow curriculum Class sizes Subject choice SEN Funding
  • Mar 10, 2017
Teachers from across Nothern Ireland gather for annual conference
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NASUWT Northern Ireland Teachers Mental health Teachers' pay Funding Resources SEN Teacher workload
  • Mar 9, 2017
Local authorities must consult schools and parents when spending £215m SEND fund
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SecEd SEND Funding EHCP High needs funding formula SEN Special schools
  • Mar 8, 2017
Scottish parents face childcare costs hike
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FCT Childcare Early years Nursery Scotland Free childcare SEN Disabled
  • Mar 2, 2017
Relief for Welsh parents as childcare prices drop – but not enough childcare available for working parents
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FCT Wales Childcare Nursery Early years Childcare places Free childcare SEN Disabled
  • Mar 2, 2017
The poorest struggle most to get an SEN diagnosis | Letters
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Guardian SEN Teachers Student support Support teachers
  • Mar 1, 2017
Local authorities fail to allocate one in four special needs students with school place by deadline 
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Telegraph Special needs School places Secondary schools Learning difficulties SEN
  • Feb 28, 2017
Ofsted praises SEN funding approach in Leeds
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CYPN SEN Funding Ofsted Inspections SEND EHCP
  • Feb 17, 2017
Class size and teaching: width and quality both matter
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IoE Class sizes Teaching SEN Primary schools Secondary schools Research Attainment
  • Feb 3, 2017
Mother shares image of crying daughter to highlight impact of teaching staff striking at school with special needs children
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Telegraph Teachers Strikes SEN
  • Feb 2, 2017
Treasury should reverse the clawback of school funding, says NAHT
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NAHT Funding Academies DfE ESG SEN School places School improvement Budgets Finances Support staff
  • Jan 27, 2017
Schools offered free diabetes resources
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SecEd Resources Primary schools SEN Secondary schools Teachers
  • Jan 25, 2017
DfE to spend further £4.8m supporting SEN reforms
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CYPN DfE SEN Funding
  • Jan 9, 2017
Teachers take the strain after 'depressing' decline in support staff
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TES Scotland SEN Teacher workload Support teachers
  • Jan 9, 2017
In this week's TES Further: 'Students with special needs can flourish in the workplace'
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TES FE Colleges UTCs Apprenticeships Careers guidance SEN AoC
  • Jan 6, 2017
The questions parents of children with special needs should be asking 
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Telegraph SEN Dyslexia Autism
  • Jan 4, 2017
Heston Blumenthal criticises 'Victorian' school system which stigmatises 'special needs' ADHD children
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Telegraph ADHD SEN GCSEs A-levels
  • Dec 21, 2016
What will be caught on the primary assessment enquiry line?
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Headteachers' Roundtable Primary Assessment Attainment Accountability SEN Curriculum
  • Dec 20, 2016
2016 KS2 provisional data - pupil characteristics
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NAHT KS2 Assessments Free school meals Disadvantaged pupils SEN Ethnicity
  • Dec 16, 2016
How competition can remove barriers for disabled students
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ETF Disabled FE Colleges SEND SEN Aspirations
  • Dec 15, 2016
Primary assessment: Five reasons teachers are calling for reforms to the system
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TES Primary Assessment Exams Reforms NAHT SEN SATS Wellbeing Curriculum
  • Dec 14, 2016
TUC Evidence to the Technical and Further Education Bill Committee
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Unionlearn TUC Technical FE Colleges Apprenticeships IfA SEN Adult education
  • Dec 14, 2016
Mass delays to publication of special needs learner plans spark calls for government intervention
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FE Week FE Colleges EHCP Funding SEN DfE Mental health
  • Dec 14, 2016
Excluded through inclusion: "I want to know Jack is thriving, not just coping"
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Herald Scotland SEN Teachers Inclusion
  • Dec 4, 2016
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 2 December 2016
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Pearson Ofsted TIMSS NFER PAC FE Colleges SEN Social cohesion PISA Primary Secondary Academies NTS School performance STEM HE Universities
  • Dec 2, 2016
Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy
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NAHT Northern Powerhouse Secondary GCSEs DfE NQTs Funding SEN
  • Dec 1, 2016
Ofsted annual report: School ratings rise, but progress stalls for SEN pupils
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Schools Week Ofsted Ofsted rating SEN Secondary Primary
  • Dec 1, 2016
Inside the hidden world of all-party parliamentary groups on education – Part 2
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Schools Week APPG Curriculum Dyslexia SEN Languages GCSEs
  • Nov 28, 2016
My grandson is dyslexic - how can we support him and can you recommend any appropriate books?
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Telegraph Dyslexia Primary SEN
  • Nov 24, 2016
Northern Powerhouse schools strategy: Halt standalone academies, and 11 other key findings
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Schools Week Academies Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy Teachers Retention Teacher training Leadership Headteachers RSCs NCTL SEN
  • Nov 23, 2016
Two in 10 vacant positions in the past year have gone unfilled
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SecEd Teacher recruitment Leadership Teachers NAHT Headteachers SEN
  • Nov 23, 2016
Ofsted praises SEN support in Herefordshire
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CYPN SEN Ofsted Outcomes
  • Nov 22, 2016
Schools lack guidance on how to handle pupil exclusions
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Schools Week Pupil exclusions Grammar SEND SEN DfE
  • Nov 18, 2016
ATL comment ahead of Technical and Further Education Bill's second reading
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ATL FE Colleges Technical SEN FAB Skills plan IfA Apprenticeships
  • Nov 15, 2016
Councils cut support for SEND provision – while boosting reserves
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Schools Week SEND Funding SEN EHCP
  • Nov 11, 2016
Inspection raises 'significant concerns' over SEN services
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CYPN SEN SEND Ofsted Assessment
  • Nov 10, 2016
A new government and a new regime
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SEN NAHT Education for All Grammar Selective schools Resits Academies SEND DfE Rochford review Assessment
  • Nov 4, 2016
Lawyer rebuked for gloating at 'win' over parents seeking special needs support
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Guardian SEN Funding ABA
  • Nov 2, 2016
Review reveals lack of transparency on SEN funding
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CYPN SEN Funding SEND
  • Nov 2, 2016
Loophole allows schools to 'discriminate against autistic children'
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TES Equality SEN
  • Nov 1, 2016
Why are so many SEN pupils excluded from school? Because we are failing them
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Guardian SEN SEND DfE
  • Oct 27, 2016
Greening’s first education questions: Green paper ‘will help’ SEN pupils, and four other things we learned
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Schools SEN Ebacc Funding Early years PSHE
  • Oct 10, 2016
Council forces students with special needs to pay over £600 in travel costs
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FE Week Colleges FE SEND SEN
  • Oct 8, 2016
Crisis over educational psychology in Scotland
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Herald Scotland Special needs SEND SEN Scotland
  • Oct 1, 2016
KS1 data shows the expected standard was not realistic
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NAHT SATS Assessment Schools SEN
  • Sep 29, 2016