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DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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  • Friday, May 10, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

SEN legislation ‘built on quicksand'

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  • Thursday, May 10, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Campaigners for disabled children have warned ministers that legislation aimed at simplifying processes for children with special educational needs (SEN) will falter because of widespread reductions in specialist support services.

ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'

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  • Wednesday, October 4, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Statutory requirements on council provision of home-to-school transport should be reviewed, with current spending of £1bn a year "unjustifiable" in light of ongoing cuts to early help services, the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

National board for children with high-level SEND to launch

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  • Thursday, November 9, 2017
  • | CYP Now
A national leadership board to oversee reform of the education and care of children and young people with high-level special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is to be created following a review of residential special schools and colleges.

Inspectors call for SEN improvements in Hartlepool

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  • Wednesday, January 18, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Health and social care chiefs in Hartlepool have been asked to draft an action plan to address "significant areas of weakness" in their support for children with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN).

Ofsted praises SEN reform progress in Plymouth

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  • Thursday, December 8, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Work to implement reforms to improve support for children with special educational needs in Plymouth have been praised, although improvements in a number of key areas have been called for.