SEND

The next government must tackle the challenges of the special educational needs and disabilities system, urges Education Policy Institute

Support is out there for teachers keen to address gaps in their knowledge around additional support needs, says Lauren Lockhart

A trust CEO outlines why he believes moves to reconsider how children with special educational needs and disabilities are placed in mainstream settings to be the right course of action

New data from the DfE reveals a raft of insights on education, health and care plans. Dan Worth breaks down the key data schools and teachers need to know

New data shows an increase in the number of education, health and care plans and requests for assessments at a time when funding is being squeezed

The stark reality of the divide between education and health and how a fractured system can fail vulnerable young people has been exposed in a new play

Spending money on managing SEND deficits rather than meeting children’s needs is a situation ‘close to madness’, says the union

Government data shows a rise in the number of pupils at both state-funded and non-state-funded alternative provision settings in 2023-24

School funding has effectively been frozen since 2010, while pupils’ needs have become increasingly complex. The next government must fix this, says the NAHT’s James Bowen

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission only gave a clean bill of health to seven of the 26 areas that received SEND area inspections last year

Why has there been an increase in the number of pupils using ear defenders in schools and is it a positive intervention? Zofia Niemtus investigates

An ‘intolerable’ gap has grown between additional support needs policy and practice in Scotland, say 11 bodies who have joined forces to underline concerns over ASN