SEND

Giving schools more opportunities to act early when supporting children’s needs could deliver huge improvements, says Pepe Di’Iasio

In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to children’s services director Pinaki Ghoshal

Pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs have been found to fare the worst in terms of getting SEND support. Why is this, and what can schools do with constrained resources?

Labour wants more pupils with SEND in England to be educated in mainstream schools – so what can the country learn from Scotland, where this approach has been in place for decades?

Findings come after special schools were shown to be suffering more ‘severe’ teacher shortages than other parts of the sector

From simple changes to school decor to self-regulation training, inclusive practices can have a huge impact without breaking the bank

The SNP’s mission to close the disadvantage-related attainment gap has become a ‘defining failure’, Scottish Labour leader tells first minister

There’s an ‘urgent need for improvement’, says the watchdog – as it questions whether schools can cope with the almost eight-fold increase in additional support needs pupils

The Commons Education Committee held a session today on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Here are six things MPs were told

Special schools face worse teacher shortages, particularly in alternative provision, research shows

Confederation of School Trusts sets out 10 priorities for a new special educational needs and disabilities system

If we really value the role of non-mainstream settings then we need to solve these glaring problems, says the CEO of a special-school trust