Councils’ SEND debt to hit record £10 billion, despite government bailout
Rising demand means debt is accumulating quicker than ever before
Government’s National Conversation on SEND reforms was ‘performative’ – report
Academics from Sheffield Hallam University have questioned the purpose and timing of the exercise
Teachers call on government to rethink SEND proposals
TUC Congress passed motion to demand retention of pupils' legal rights and more funding
Almost 56,000 SEND children to miss school in the coming weeks
Mental health problems cited as main reason for non-attendance
Rethinking examinations to give every child a future
A new framework being developed in Australia aims to demonstrate every child's achievements
‘We’ve turned schools into exam factories’
Andy Burnham has a chance to change that, and focus on the needs of SEND students
Delivering ‘experts at hand’ through trusted connections
Strong relationships in Barking and Dagenham are the foundations of inclusion, writes Lee Boyce
Parents set to lose more rights in latest SEND consultation
Campaigners say plans to reform EOTAS will force more children back into school
Ministers face ‘uphill battle’ to narrow achievement gap for SEND pupils
New report shows stark differences in attainment across disadvantaged groups
Rethinking inclusion: lessons from Kazakhstan
Pioneering practitioners in central Asia respond to Bridget Phillipson’s call for greater international collaboration on SEND
SATs compound challenges of SEND and disadvantaged pupils
New report found primary heads and teachers overwhelmingly want tests to be scrapped or reformed
Ofsted drops guidance linking autism to extremism
'Offensive' and 'clumsy' document will not longer be used to train inspectors
DfE publishes new guidelines on inclusion bases
Every child to be given the opportunity to attend their local school or setting
Lessons from Lagos: inclusion is a global language
Thomas Keaney reports from the National Inclusion Conference, held in Nigeria last week
System based on exams failing SEND children
Damning report says they are disproportionately more like to become NEETs
School-based nursery policy failing SEND children
Parts of England are 'childcare deserts' for pupils who need support the most
Ministers must act against schools not taking fair share of SEND pupils
Inclusion should be 'sustainable, not goodwill-based', report says
Phillipson calls for new international SEND alliance
Coalition will share experiences and ideas
SEND reforms doomed unless ministers listen to families and specialist schools
Changes must reflect the lived experiences of families
King lays out the road to SEND reform
Department for Education says parents have five days less to respond to its consultation
Two new research centres to shape education policy
Neuroscience centre will help to identify children with SEND earlier
“Alarm bells” for future of inclusion as inspections penalise schools
NAHT analysis shows schools with high numbers of SEND pupils are more likely to be rated harshly by Ofsted
Teachers feel ill-equipped to support pupils with EBSA
Survey shows one in ten have not heard of the condition
