Inspections clinic: Physical education and SEND
- Ofsted | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Children with special educational needs and disabilities do...
Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
SEND policy reforms, their implementation in practice, and studies into different needs and conditions. View our archive of research, case studies and features.
In-depth
Inspections Clinic: Homes for Disabled Children
- Health | Disabled children and young people | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Residential Children's Care
Recommendations from a review of residential provision for...
Legal Update: The Carer’s Leave Act 2023
- Children's Services | Children's rights | Social Care | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Foster Care
Augusta Itua, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, assesses the...
How to repair damage caused by the pandemic to children’s development?
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
As teachers report a sharp rise in pupils struggling with...
Speech, Language and Communication Needs: Special Report
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
With pandemic disruption increasing the number of children...
The big debate: Can the SEND improvement plan create a less adversarial system?
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Social Care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government...
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Special Report
- Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
As the government plans to reform the special educational...
Inspections Clinic: Special schools framework
Special schools cater for children and young people with...
Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Ofsted | Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people
Following providers’ criticism, Ofsted has amended the...
Legal Update: SEND Review and green paper
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Qaisar Sheikh, head of education law and senior solicitor at...
Interview: Matt Hancock MP
- Special Educational Needs | Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Interview
Fiona Simpson speaks to the former Health Secretary about...
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Special Report
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Recent years have seen a significant rise in the proportion...
Legal Update: Issues SEND review must solve
- Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Education
Delayed government review must improve access to...
Interview: Natalie Perera - EPI chief on what education catch up plans need to include
- Education | Interview | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Derren Hayes speaks to the chief executive of the Education...
Bereavement support for children with SEND, Denmark
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | PSHE Education | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Sarah Helton visited Denmark in 2018 as part of a study trip...
App gives autonomy to young adults with SEND
- Social Care | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Councils work with tech firm to help young people with...
Standards in remote education: Inspections Clinic
Schools and colleges have used different approaches to...
Trauma-informed Practice: Special Report
- Health | Mental health | Children's Services | Social Care | Mental Health | Residential Children's Care | Foster Care | Attachment & Neglect | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation | Preventing Care Proceedings | Youth Offending | Leaving Care | Adoption | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Adverse childhood experiences can have far-reaching negative...
Commissioning: SEND provision in schools
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Management | Commissioning | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
School leaders and council commissioners must ensure they...
Inspections: Regulatory work continues
- Ofsted | Children's Services | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Many Ofsted inspections have been put on hold during...
Giving children a better start in life
- Early Years | Early years education | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Child poverty | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Play | Outdoor Learning
The National Lottery-funded A Better Start programme to...
Ombudsman orders audit over SEND failings
- Children's Services | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Special Educational Needs
Cases raise concerns of ‘systemic failure’ by council and...
Progress in SEND
- Special Educational Needs | Inspections | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
With many areas struggling to meet expected standards for...
Securing support for children with SEN
- Special Educational Needs | Children's rights | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
In the context of funding shortfalls for children with...
Speech and language: The 30 million word gap
- Early Years | Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
According to one influential piece of research,...
Increased demand for EHC plans exacerbates SEND funding crisis
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
With funds lacking to meet families' expectations of special...
Factors for SEND funding crisis
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Research findings support local government calls for a...
Inspections Clinic: Supporting pupil attainment
- Ofsted | Inspections | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Narrowing the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils...
Legal Update: Disabilities and school exclusions
- Children's rights | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and public affairs at Coram...
Recognising and Responding to Young People With Learning Disabilities Who Experience, or Are at Risk of, Child Sexual Exploitation in the UK
- Social Care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Child Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
Findings from recent studies suggest there is an increased...
Vulnerable children bear brunt of school exclusion increases
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
An education select committee report concludes a factor in...
Commissioning: Rethinking SEND support
- Commissioning | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Now the SEND transfer deadline has passed, councils must...
Councils make SEND progress amid concerns over quality
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people
It has taken four years to transfer most children with...
Councils face EHC plan deadline
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Legal | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Kamena Dorling, group head of policy and public affairs at...
Inspections: SEND services
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Ofsted | Inspections | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
The introduction of area-wide multi-agency inspections of...
Local focus on SEND in schools
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Review shows how councils can improve provision to reduce...
Inspections: Special schools
- Special Educational Needs | Ofsted | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
The number of children with disabilities educated at special...
The key to improving EHC plans
- Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Education health and care plans for SEND children need...
Proposal to boost pupil behaviour
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
A Hampshire school's inclusion unit may provide a blueprint...
Outstanding school is full of surprises
- Education | Discipline and exclusions | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
The Pendlebury Centre pupil referral unit in Stockport has...
Special Report: Special educational needs and disabilities
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Fundamental reforms to services for children and young...
Special educational needs and disabilities - Policy context
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Fundamental reforms to services for children and young...
How to deliver better EHC plans
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Council for Disabled Children guidance for local authorities...
Links between SEND and offending
- Special Educational Needs | Youth Justice | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
High numbers of children with SEND enter the youth justice...
Life after statements
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Children's Services | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Sweeping changes to special educational needs policy are on...
Good Practice
Blackpool helps children with additional needs
- Youth Work | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Group-based activities focusing on developing social and...
Special school develops bespoke learning plans
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Early years education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Special primary school helps children overcome barriers to...
Digital campaign boosts language outcomes
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Joint council intervention focuses on improving early...
Supporting communication needs in the early years of childhood
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
In 2020, Public Health England published four peer-reviewed...
How I Got Here: Ezra Rushen, DISC (Digital Independent Specialist College)
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Ezra Rushen, head of studio at DISC (Digital Independent...
College provides alternative career pathways
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Alternative provision in Bromley run by an academy trust...
BOSS reduces exclusions for children with SEND
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Family Action's Behavioural Outreach Support Service in...
Integrated service reshapes SEND support for Rochdale
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Education | Special Educational Needs | Children's Services
Award-winning project brought together local authority and...
How I Got Here: Scott Roberts, home support worker, Barnardo’s
- Children's Services | Health | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Scott Roberts, home support worker, Barnardo’s Brighton and...
How I Got Here: Kerry Kernan, Guide Dogs UK
- Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Kerry Kernan, national operations manager of children &...
Therapeutic approach gives SEND pupils bright future
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Suffolk special school nurtures the learning and life skills...
Service restructure helps Buckinghamshire Council slow rise in SEND cases
- Special Educational Needs | Education | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Revamp of SEND services improves assessment and early...
Transition support for students with disabilities
- Social Care | Health | Disabled children and young people | Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Transitions Service gives support to students on career and...
Inclusive education, Canada
- Disabled children and young people | Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Tara Flood visited New Brunswick in 2019 to observe how...
Scheme empowers deaf young people to create projects that make a difference
- Participation | Youth Work | Health | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Charity funds youth-led projects that boost young people’s...
Hertfordshire County Council – Local Spotlight
- Children's Services | Management | Leadership | Service configuration | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Council with reputation for innovation turns its attention...
System links council’s education and social care data
- Education | Social Care | Children's Services | Information sharing | Management | Service configuration | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Visibility of children’s wider needs helps care and...
Young people with special needs create sessions to educate peers on sexual health
- Sexual health | Participation | PSHE Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Volunteering charity is supporting more than 500 young...
How therapy helps deaf children get a better start
- Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Auditory Verbal therapy helps children with hearing loss...
Workshops help families get the right support
- Disabled children and young people | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Programme of workshops gives parents with disabled children...
South London councils improve SEND commissioning
- Commissioning | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Consortium of local boroughs form a regional framework.
Bags of inspiration to improve literacy skills
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Storytelling initiative supports development of children's...
Supporting reading literacy, Finland
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Globalisation and international migration have increased the...
SEND support for care leavers, Cornwall
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Leaving Care
Cornwall was the first area in England to introduce health...
Autism support centres, Essex
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Council establishes eight specialist centres in mainstream...
WIncKS, Warwickshire
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Council quality awards scheme recognises early years...
Pontville School, Lancashire
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Independent special school has developed a child-centred...
Collaborative project sees young people help design their own prosthetic limbs
- Disabled children and young people | Participation | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Disabled young people who use prosthetic limbs have worked...
Young Hackney
- Participation | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Youth participation is embedded throughout Hackney Council's...
Achievement for All - The SEND Bubble
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Achievement for All has adapted its online learning platform...
Plymouth City Council
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Ofsted has applauded Plymouth for its multi-agency work with...
Supported internships, Gloucestershire
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Careers Guidance | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Gloucestershire Council's supported internship programme is...
Ladybirds and Brookvale nurseries, Halton
- Nurseries | Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Ladybirds and Brookvale nursery cluster caters for a high...
Behind the Inspection Ratings: Holiday scheme standards
- Health | Disabled children and young people | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Ofsted | Social Care | Residential and specialist care | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Revised inspections for residential holiday schemes for...
Skills for the Job: Tackling disability prejudice
- Careers | Disabled children and young people | Children's Services | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Children's professionals must recognise all forms of...
Skills for the Job: Working with blind children
- Careers | Early Years | Play | Education | Health | Disabled children and young people | Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Understanding the impact of visual impairments can make a...
Skills for the job: Working with autistic children
- Careers | Early Years | Education | Health | Children's Services | Social Care | Youth Work | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Patience and consideration are qualities needed to work...
Research
Parental Involvement and its Effects on Children’s Education
- Education | Children's Services | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Evidence shows parental engagement in children’s learning at...
Special educational needs and disabilities: Research evidence
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Study shows the extent of disparities in identification of...
Association of Race/Ethnicity and Social Disadvantage with Autism Prevalence
- Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Health | Disabled children and young people
Autism spectrum disorder is characterised by communication...
Overshadowed: The Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities
- Health | Mental health | Mental Health | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Disabled children and young people
It is estimated that around 1.2 million people in England...
Ethnic Disproportionality in the Identification of Special Educational Needs
- Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Researchers at the University of Oxford analysed data from...
Facilitating the Social Participation of Pupils With Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools: A Review of School Based Interventions
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
This systematic review (of 35 studies) investigated...
Barriers Facing Social Workers Undertaking Direct Work With Children and Young People With a Learning Disability Who Communicate Using Non-Verbal Methods
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
This study asks social workers to identify the barriers and...
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Reforms 2014: Sencos' Perspectives of the First Six Months
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
The research section for this special report is based on a...
Disability Differentials in Educational Attainment in England
- Education | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Researchers from the University of Warwick and the London...
"Yes. They are Listening but Do They Hear Us?" Reflections on the Journey of the Barnardo's Participation Project
- Participation | Mental Health | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Barnardo's Participation Project sought to develop ways of...
Peer support for parents of disabled children part 1: perceived outcomes of a one-to-one service, a qualitative study
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Parents of disabled children are encouraged by health...
Permanence for disabled children and young people through foster care and adoption: A selective review of international literature
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Families/Parenting | Family courts and Cafcass | Fostering and adoption | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities | Adoption
Review discusses concerns and policy directions regarding...
Beyond symptom control for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: what can parents do to improve outcomes?
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
This narrative review of literature aimed to highlight the...
Enablers of help-seeking for deaf and disabled children following abuse and barriers to protection: a qualitative study
- Special Educational Needs | Disabled children and young people | Safeguarding and child protection | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Research indicates deaf or disabled children face three- or...
Parent-mediated Social Communication Therapy for Young Children with Autism
- Health | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder that...
Factors Affecting Age at Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis in UK
- Education | Special Educational Needs | Health | Children's Services | Children's rights | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
A number of initiatives have aimed to increase early...
Local Authority Short Breaks Statements: Accessibility and Accuracy
- Disabled children and young people | Children's rights | Families/Parenting | Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
Analysis of statements provided by 63 local authorities in...
Pre-school Hyperactivity Problems and Educational Outcomes in Adolescence
Are young children with behavioural problems and ADHD at...
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