Five-point plan unveiled to reduce conflict between schools and parents
New guidance outlines the process for making, and dealing with, complaints
Councils lose 99% of SEND appeals, new analysis shows
Local authorities are spending £150 million a year on legal action, despite outcomes overwhelmingly favouring families
New campaign to fight for SEND legal rights
Coalition of activists warns government about proposed changes to provision
Review of 2025: record numbers, financial crises and continued delays
The state of the SEND sector could not be clearer. But will the new year bring in much-needed reforms?
Empty churches could become special schools, says Reform UK
Party launches a working group to look into the SEND crisis
60,000 new SEND places in mainstream schools
Ministers have announced £3 billion of investment in specialist provision
Another record year for SEND appeals
Figures show that 99% of tribunals find in favour of families
Private schools must charge less to educate state SEND pupils
White paper expected to reduce demand on independent sector
Ear defenders in class “insane”, says Reform UK deputy leader
In a controversial speech, Richard Tice said children “without a label feel left out”
“Stark inequalities” in spread of SEND pupils in schools
NFER report suggests some secondaries have almost become special schools
Getting Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for a child
Depending on their needs, your child may be eligible for DLA benefit
“Unsustainable” transport costs for SEND pupils to top £3 billion by 2030
National Audit Office report found councils spent five times more transporting SEND children than other pupils
“Broken” SEND system not fit for purpose, says inclusion task force
Demand for EHCPs has soared 250% in the last decade
Phillipson avoids mention of EHCPs in major speech
But the education secretary promises to work with parents to 'get reforms right'
SEND costs one of the main contributors to financial pressures in schools
More than half of multi-academy trusts are expected to run deficits going forward
The ‘double disadvantage’ facing SEND children from low-income families
Sutton Trust report shows huge inequalities in access to support
Sencos labouring under unsustainable workloads, says report
Only 6% of Sencos are completing tasks within working hours
Choosing GCSE and A-level subjects, and exam centres, for your home learner
Home-educated and online school pupils (usually) need to make their own arrangements for entering exams
SEND delays caused by “getting it right”
Department for Education advisors admit drafting reforms to SEND are causing challenges
Getting an Individual Healthcare Plan for your child
An IHP sets out a child's medical needs while they are at school