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SEN reforms 'at risk' due to slow pace of implementation

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Independent analysis of the implementation of the special educational needs (SEN) reforms has questioned whether many areas will be ready to meet the deadline in six months' time.

Persistent truanting continues to decline

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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The number of children that persistently truant from English schools has continued to decline over the past year, latest figures show.

Children and Families Act: Budget cuts will undermine SEN reforms warn charities

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Friday, March 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Special educational needs (SEN) charities fear cuts to local authority budgets and inadequate guidance for professionals will undermine reforms made under the Children and Families Act.

Ombudsman criticises 'unacceptable' delays in SEN support

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities must do more to ensure children with special educational needs (SEN) do not miss out on education due to delays in arranging support, the Local Government Ombudsman has said.

Government funds SEN independent advocate role

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Independent advocates will be recruited to help families navigate the new special educational needs (SEN) process and challenge decisions on funding and services made by councils, the government has announced.

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The government wants local authorities in England to target £70m of early intervention funding on implementing the special educational needs (SEN) reforms next year.

Ombudsman ruling highlights speech therapy concerns

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Friday, November 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities across England have been warned to ensure they provide speech and language therapy to those children assessed as needing it.

Councils sign up to test SEND reforms

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Ten local authorities are to test new ways of helping parents understand how personalised budgets for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) will work.

SEN pupils are six times more likely to be excluded from school

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Children who have a statement of special educational needs are significantly more likely to be excluded from school than those without, latest government figures have revealed.

Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments

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Monday, October 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Long-term outcomes for children and young people with complex special educational needs (SEN) will be at the heart of a new needs assessment system, the government has announced.

Government doubles education support funding for children in care

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The amount of additional educational support for children in care, and the number who can receive it, is to be expanded from next year as part of a £100m funding package unveiled by children's minister Edward Timpson today.

Conservative conference: Call to extend payment-by-results to PRUs

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should consider introducing payment-by-results schemes in pupil referral units (PRUs), a Conservative MP has said.

Educational psychology services feel strain of budget cuts

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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils across England have cut funding for educational psychology services by five per cent over the last three years, figures show.

Local school transport changes 'will fail children with SEN'

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils are illegally changing home-to-school transport policies in ways that disproportionately affect children with special educational needs (SEN), a charity boss has claimed.

Children face postcode lottery for communication aids

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

| CYP Now

There is a postcode lottery in accessing electronic aids for children and young people with communication impairments, new research suggests.

Daily roundup: school places, charity funding, and child poverty

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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

| CYP Now

There will be a shortfall of 120,000 primary school places by September warns Labour, nearly one in ten charities fear they will have closed within five years, and a growth in child poverty has forced Leeds council to review support services, all in the news today.

Funding and lack of inclusivity 'risks Olympic legacy'

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Monday, July 22, 2013

| CYP Now

Improvements to the health and wellbeing of children and young people as a result of the London 2012 Olympic Games risk being squandered due to government policies on school sport, a group of MPs warns.

Internship scheme for young people with complex disabilities set to expand

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Friday, July 19, 2013

| CYP Now

Supported Internships for young people with complex disabilities are to launch across England from next month.

Charities unveil employment partnership for disadvantaged young people

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Up to 25,000 disadvantaged young people will be helped into education, training or work over the next three years through employment skills programmes set up by four UK charities.

Schools ‘fail to consult vulnerable pupils over PSHE'

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Too many schools are failing to properly consult their most vulnerable pupils on improving their personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) lessons, according to a senior Ofsted official.

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SEN reforms 'at risk' due to slow pace of implementation

Persistent truanting continues to decline

Children and Families Act: Budget cuts will undermine SEN reforms warn charities

Ombudsman criticises 'unacceptable' delays in SEN support

Government funds SEN independent advocate role

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

Ombudsman ruling highlights speech therapy concerns

Councils sign up to test SEND reforms

SEN pupils are six times more likely to be excluded from school

Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments

Government doubles education support funding for children in care

Conservative conference: Call to extend payment-by-results to PRUs

Educational psychology services feel strain of budget cuts

Local school transport changes 'will fail children with SEN'

Children face postcode lottery for communication aids

Daily roundup: school places, charity funding, and child poverty

Funding and lack of inclusivity 'risks Olympic legacy'

Internship scheme for young people with complex disabilities set to expand

Charities unveil employment partnership for disadvantaged young people

Schools ‘fail to consult vulnerable pupils over PSHE'

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