Inspections Clinic: New SEND inspections

• Ofsted | Health | Disabled children and young people | Education | Special Educational Needs

Provision for children and young people with special...

How to repair damage caused by the pandemic to children’s development?

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

As teachers report a sharp rise in pupils struggling with...

Speech, Language and Communication Needs: Special Report

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

With pandemic disruption increasing the number of children...

The big debate: Can the SEND improvement plan create a less adversarial system?

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Social Care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government...

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Special Report

• Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

As the government plans to reform the special educational...

Inspections Clinic: Special schools framework

• Ofsted | Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Special schools cater for children and young people with...

Legal Update: Parent power in EHCPs

• Special Educational Needs | Education | Legal | Children's rights

An important decision from the Upper Tribunal has upheld a...

Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes

• Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Ofsted | Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people

Following providers’ criticism, Ofsted has amended the...

Legal Update: SEND Review and green paper

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Qaisar Sheikh, head of education law and senior solicitor at...

Digital Solutions Special Report

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Social Care | Safeguarding and child protection

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how digital services...

Interview: Matt Hancock MP

• Special Educational Needs | Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Interview

Fiona Simpson speaks to the former Health Secretary about...

Local area SEND inspections

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Ofsted

Children and young people with SEND have been...

Interview: Annamarie Hassall, chief executive, Nasen

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Interview

Nasen chief executive tells Derren Hayes about her ambitions...

Top tips to support young people with SEND over Christmas

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Guide To...

Large gatherings, unexpected changes in routine, bright...

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Special Report

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Recent years have seen a significant rise in the proportion...

Taking SEND assessments online with all professionals in partnership with families

• Special Educational Needs

In England, around 1.4 million pupils have special...

Legal Update: Issues SEND review must solve

• Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Education

Delayed government review must improve access to...

Bereavement support for children with SEND, Denmark

• Health | Mental health | Mental Health | PSHE Education | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Sarah Helton visited Denmark in 2018 as part of a study trip...

Commissioning: SEND provision in schools

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Management | Commissioning | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

School leaders and council commissioners must ensure they...

School admissions framework: Legal update

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Children's Services | Children's rights | Legal

The current primary school admissions process continues to...

Ombudsman orders audit over SEND failings

• Children's Services | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Special Educational Needs

Cases raise concerns of ‘systemic failure’ by council and...

Making the case for personalised learning

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Academies/free schools

Personalised learning approaches, often using the latest...

Progress in SEND

• Special Educational Needs | Inspections | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

With many areas struggling to meet expected standards for...

Securing support for children with SEN

• Special Educational Needs | Children's rights | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

In the context of funding shortfalls for children with...

Special Report: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

• Education | Special Educational Needs

Amid increasing funding pressures and demand, councils are...

Councils make SEND progress amid concerns over quality

• Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people

It has taken four years to transfer most children with...

Councils face EHC plan deadline

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Kamena Dorling, group head of policy and public affairs at...

Inspections: SEND services

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Ofsted | Inspections | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

The introduction of area-wide multi-agency inspections of...

Local focus on SEND in schools

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Review shows how councils can improve provision to reduce...

Inspections: Special schools

• Special Educational Needs | Ofsted | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

The number of children with disabilities educated at special...

The key to improving EHC plans

• Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Education health and care plans for SEND children need...

Children in care attainment tool

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Social Care | Foster Care | Residential Children's Care

How a resource analysing education progress for looked-after...

Outstanding school is full of surprises

• Education | Discipline and exclusions | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

The Pendlebury Centre pupil referral unit in Stockport has...

Special Report: Special educational needs and disabilities

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Fundamental reforms to services for children and young...

Special educational needs and disabilities - Policy context

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Fundamental reforms to services for children and young...

How to deliver better EHC plans

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Council for Disabled Children guidance for local authorities...

Links between SEND and offending

• Special Educational Needs | Youth Justice | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

High numbers of children with SEND enter the youth justice...

Specialist residential care for successful foster and adoptive placements

• Special Educational Needs | Families/Parenting | Fostering and adoption | Residential and specialist care

Review: Making the case for reflective practice

• Home education | Special Educational Needs | Mental health | Residential and specialist care

Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children - A Guide to...

Your guide to the Children and Families Act

• Early Years | Special Educational Needs | Public Health | Families/Parenting | Fostering and adoption | Legal

What the act means for everyday practice across the...

Life after statements

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Children's Services | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Sweeping changes to special educational needs policy are on...

ChildRIGHT Interview: Sarah Lambert, head of policy, National Autistic Society

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Legal

ChildRIGHT: The right for children to appeal SEN decisions

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Legal

Kirsten Anderson, head of research, policy and...

Careers Interview: Alison Lines, Senco at Gartree High School in Leicestershire

• Education | Special Educational Needs

Alison Lines has been a full-time Senco at Gartree for three...

ChildRIGHT Interview: Edward Duff, trainee solicitor, Children's Legal Centre

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Legal

Special school develops bespoke learning plans

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Early years education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Special primary school helps children overcome barriers to...

Digital campaign boosts language outcomes

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Joint council intervention focuses on improving early...

Supporting communication needs in the early years of childhood

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

In 2020, Public Health England published four peer-reviewed...

How I Got Here: Ezra Rushen, DISC (Digital Independent Specialist College)

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Ezra Rushen, head of studio at DISC (Digital Independent...

College provides alternative career pathways

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Alternative provision in Bromley run by an academy trust...

BOSS reduces exclusions for children with SEND

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Family Action's Behavioural Outreach Support Service in...

Integrated service reshapes SEND support for Rochdale

• Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Education | Special Educational Needs | Children's Services

Award-winning project brought together local authority and...

Neurodiverse young people hone valuable life skills

• Education | Special Educational Needs

The Life Programme sees students with additional needs...

Council educators design e-safety game for SEND students

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Safeguarding and child protection

Educators in Buckinghamshire develop idea for a computer...

Therapeutic approach gives SEND pupils bright future

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Suffolk special school nurtures the learning and life skills...

Service restructure helps Buckinghamshire Council slow rise in SEND cases

• Special Educational Needs | Education | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Revamp of SEND services improves assessment and early...

Inclusive education, Canada

• Disabled children and young people | Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Tara Flood visited New Brunswick in 2019 to observe how...

Bi-borough develops joint system for SEND services

• Children's Services | Special Educational Needs | Early help

Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea councils collaborate...

SEND support for care leavers, Cornwall

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Leaving Care

Cornwall was the first area in England to introduce health...

Autism support centres, Essex

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Council establishes eight specialist centres in mainstream...

WIncKS, Warwickshire

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Council quality awards scheme recognises early years...

Pontville School, Lancashire

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Independent special school has developed a child-centred...

Achievement for All - The SEND Bubble

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Achievement for All has adapted its online learning platform...

Plymouth City Council

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Ofsted has applauded Plymouth for its multi-agency work with...

Supported internships, Gloucestershire

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Careers Guidance | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Gloucestershire Council's supported internship programme is...

Ladybirds and Brookvale nurseries, Halton

• Nurseries | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Ladybirds and Brookvale nursery cluster caters for a high...

How Down syndrome pupils reach their potential

• Early Years | Education | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Youth Work

Teacher Wendy Uttley set up a training service to improve...

Good Practice: Early advice empowers families

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people

Project: WeSail (Wakefield Early Support, Advice,...

Additional Family Costs for Children on the Autism Spectrum

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Health

Children on the autism spectrum and their families face high...

Special educational needs and disabilities: Research evidence

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Study shows the extent of disparities in identification of...

How can we help young people with a social worker to thrive in education?

• Education | Academies/free schools | Safeguarding in education | Special Educational Needs

Doing well in school is among the strongest predictors of...

Ethnic Disproportionality in the Identification of Special Educational Needs

• Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Researchers at the University of Oxford analysed data from...

Facilitating the Social Participation of Pupils With Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools: A Review of School Based Interventions

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

This systematic review (of 35 studies) investigated...

Barriers Facing Social Workers Undertaking Direct Work With Children and Young People With a Learning Disability Who Communicate Using Non-Verbal Methods

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

This study asks social workers to identify the barriers and...

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Reforms 2014: Sencos' Perspectives of the First Six Months

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

The research section for this special report is based on a...

Peer support for parents of disabled children part 1: perceived outcomes of a one-to-one service, a qualitative study

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Parents of disabled children are encouraged by health...

Permanence for disabled children and young people through foster care and adoption: A selective review of international literature

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Fostering and adoption | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Adoption

Review discusses concerns and policy directions regarding...

Beyond symptom control for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: what can parents do to improve outcomes?

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

This narrative review of literature aimed to highlight the...

Enablers of help-seeking for deaf and disabled children following abuse and barriers to protection: a qualitative study

• Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Safeguarding and child protection | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Research indicates deaf or disabled children face three- or...

Factors Affecting Age at Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in UK

• Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Children's Services | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

A number of initiatives have aimed to increase early...