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Timpson rules out SEN reforms for children in custody

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Special educational needs (SEN) reforms will not be extended to include children in custody, the children's minister has confirmed.

SEN pupils are six times more likely to be excluded from school

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Children who have a statement of special educational needs are significantly more likely to be excluded from school than those without, latest government figures have revealed.

Ofsted criticises 'delusional leaders' for SEND failures

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Monday, July 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Serious concerns have been raised about the quality of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Bury, with inspectors warning that progress has been hampered because of complacent leadership.

Ombudsman criticises 'unacceptable' delays in SEN support

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to ensure children with special educational needs (SEN) do not miss out on education due to delays in arranging support, the Local Government Ombudsman has said.

Children with autism face year-long wait for education support

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Almost half of all children with autism wait for more than a year for appropriate educational support, a report by the National Autistic Society (NAS) has found.

Failure to identify speech and language difficulties is holding young people back

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

| CYP Now

A lack of specialist support and training for teachers is leaving young people struggling to find employment because their speech, language and communication difficulties went unrecognised at secondary school, charity I Can has claimed.

Serious mistakes found in Leeds' care of special needs children

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Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Serious failures in education and care services in Leeds resulted in substantial injustice for vulnerable children and their parents, the Local Government Ombudsman has found.

Williamson: Changes to SEND tribunals and EHC plans could be made permanent

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Emergency changes to services for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND), including the way SEND tribunals are run, could be made permanent once lockdown measures are lifted, the Education Secretary has suggested.

Inspectors slam quality of SEND support in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

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Thursday, September 2, 2021

| CYP Now

Support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is blighted by a “blame culture” and “lack of urgency” to improve, inspectors have found.

Central Bedfordshire Council’s director of children's services resigns

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Thursday, September 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Central Bedfordshire Council's director of children's services Sue Harrison has resigned to become executive director of education and skills at Birmingham City Council.

DfE hands councils £23m to review high needs provision

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils across England will be given £23m between them so they can conduct a strategic review of provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities ahead of a major shake-up in the way national funding is distributed, it has been announced.

Councils to get further £40m to meet SEN reforms deadline

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils will receive a share of £40m in government funding as part of efforts to get all children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) transferred onto the new system by the April 2018 deadline.

Childminder training course on SEND launches

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Friday, November 25, 2016

| CYP Now

An online course has been launched to help childminders better support vulnerable children, including those with experience of care and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Speech and language teaching enhances pupils' reading

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Primary schools trialling a programme that encourages speech and communication teaching have seen pupils' reading progress improve significantly, a study has found.

Call for London mayor to launch early SEND identification drive

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Friday, July 20, 2018

| CYP Now

London mayor Sadiq Khan is being called on to take action to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are identified and supported earlier.

Councils sign up to test SEND reforms

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Ten local authorities are to test new ways of helping parents understand how personalised budgets for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) will work.

Children and Families Act: Budget cuts will undermine SEN reforms warn charities

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Special educational needs (SEN) charities fear cuts to local authority budgets and inadequate guidance for professionals will undermine reforms made under the Children and Families Act.

Campaigners warn of school funding shortfall in disadvantaged areas

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Monday, April 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Schools in England's poorest areas will struggle to meet the needs of pupils despite the government pledge of an extra £350m for low-funded education authorities, claim campaigners.

Timpson to answer readers' questions on SEN reforms

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| CYP Now

CYP Now is offering children's professionals the opportunity to ask children's minister Edward Timpson questions about the special educational needs (SEN) reforms.

Charity criticises planned cuts at council that 'let down' SEND children

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

| CYP Now

A children's charity has spoken out against proposed cuts to services for deaf children in a local authority area that was recently criticised for the quality of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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Timpson rules out SEN reforms for children in custody

SEN pupils are six times more likely to be excluded from school

Ofsted criticises 'delusional leaders' for SEND failures

Ombudsman criticises 'unacceptable' delays in SEN support

Children with autism face year-long wait for education support

Failure to identify speech and language difficulties is holding young people back

Serious mistakes found in Leeds' care of special needs children

Williamson: Changes to SEND tribunals and EHC plans could be made permanent

Inspectors slam quality of SEND support in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Central Bedfordshire Council’s director of children's services resigns

DfE hands councils £23m to review high needs provision

Councils to get further £40m to meet SEN reforms deadline

Childminder training course on SEND launches

Speech and language teaching enhances pupils' reading

Call for London mayor to launch early SEND identification drive

Councils sign up to test SEND reforms

Children and Families Act: Budget cuts will undermine SEN reforms warn charities

Campaigners warn of school funding shortfall in disadvantaged areas

Timpson to answer readers' questions on SEN reforms

Charity criticises planned cuts at council that 'let down' SEND children

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