The Department for Education is to produce a series of online materials to help social workers understand new legislation that requires care proceedings to be completed in 26 weeks in all but exceptional cases. The resources will be published in the summer alongside a pilot version of a template that practitioners can use to produce more consistent evidence for courts. The details were revealed in a letter from children's minister Edward Timpson to directors of children's services to highlight changes to the way family courts work.
More than 70 per cent of mainstream teachers have said their training failed to prepare them to teach children with special educational needs. According to the Priory Group, the statistic means that the 71 per cent of children with autism who attend mainstream schools are missing out on specialist support.
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