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Emergency changes to EHC plans extended for second time

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has extended the relaxation of local authorities’ duties to provide children with support listed on education health and care (EHC) plans.

Children's minister pledges £37m SEND boost

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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The government has pledged £37m to support the families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) impacted by the coronavirus crisis.

How has the government changed SEND legislation?

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Monday, May 11, 2020

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The government has released updated guidance for professionals working with children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) clarifying changes made to legislation around the creation and assessment of education, health and care (EHC) plans.

One million children missing out on SEND support, MPs warn

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

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More than one million children diagnosed with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are not entitled to support through an education, health and care (EHC) plan, a cross-party group of MPs has warned.

Deaf children win chance to highlight literacy skills

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Monday, May 4, 2020

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Six deaf children have won the chance to show-off their excellent literacy skills at the House of Commons, despite the coronavirus lockdown postponing the event for a year.

Williamson: Changes to SEND tribunals and EHC plans could be made permanent

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Wednesday, April 29, 2020

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Emergency changes to services for children with special education needs and disabilities (SEND), including the way SEND tribunals are run, could be made permanent once lockdown measures are lifted, the Education Secretary has suggested.

Council pays £10,000 over failure to support child in need

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Monday, March 9, 2020

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A council has agreed to pay £10,000 to a family after procedural errors resulted in a child in need not receiving the support they required.

Children with SEND 'worst affected' by school funding pressures

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Monday, February 24, 2020

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Children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are "particularly negatively affected" by ongoing financial pressures in schools, a report by Ofsted has found.

Councils divert £63.5m of childcare funding to plug gaps elsewhere

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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Three quarters of councils are siphoning off money designated for childcare places to plug funding gaps in other parts of their education budget, new analysis shows.

Councils report rise in number of home-educated children with complex needs

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

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Increasing numbers of young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or those known to children’s services are not attending mainstream school and being educated at home, a report has found.

Two thirds of teachers rate SEND provision as 'poor'

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Friday, November 15, 2019

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More than two thirds of teachers and school staff believe the quality of support for pupils with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) is "poor", a survey has found.

Councils have SEND shortfall of £1.2bn, union warns

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| CYP Now

Councils in England have faced a £1.2bn shortfall in special needs funding over the last four years - as demand for SEND services rose by a third, the National Education Union (NEU) has warned.

Hartlepool SEND provision faces DfE intervention

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Thursday, March 14, 2019

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Hartlepool is facing Department for Education intervention in its special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services, after inspectors found ongoing "serious weaknesses".

Liverpool families report 'long fight' to have SEND needs met

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Sunday, March 10, 2019

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Council leaders in Liverpool have failed to properly implement SEND reforms, resulting in "significant weaknesses" within education, health and care (EHC) planning, inspectors found.

Government 'failing deaf children' as grades fall behind hearing classmates

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| CYP Now

Deaf children are falling a whole grade behind their hearing classmates, prompting a charity to warn of a "lost generation".

Calls for register of home-educated children as figures rocket

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Monday, February 4, 2019

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The children's commissioner for England is calling for a compulsory register to keep a closer watch over home education, after she discovered levels have doubled in five years.

Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support

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Thursday, October 25, 2018

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Speech and language campaigners have expressed "grave concerns" that the government is failing to support many children with speech, language and communications needs (SLCN), 10 years after the landmark Bercow Review on the issue.

Children's services company receives funding to improve SEN careers guidance

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| CYP Now

A social enterprise responsible for children's services across three local authority areas has received funding to develop innovative new approaches to careers advice for children with special educational needs (SEN), it has been announced.

Call for London mayor to launch early SEND identification drive

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Friday, July 20, 2018

| CYP Now

London mayor Sadiq Khan is being called on to take action to ensure children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are identified and supported earlier.

Spending on pupils drops by eight per cent, says IFS

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

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The amount spent per school pupil in England has dropped by eight per cent since 2009/10, research has found.

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

| CYP Now

Two disability campaigners who conducted reviews of special educational needs (SEN) provision have criticised the progress of government efforts to improve the system.

DfE to scrap attainment targets for SEND pupils

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Friday, May 25, 2018

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is looking to boost support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) by overhauling the way they are assessed in schools.

MPs to probe success of government SEND reforms

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

| CYP Now

An influential group of MPs will investigate whether government reforms of the system of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been a success, it has been announced.

SEND cuts 'put children at greater risk of exclusion'

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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

| CYP Now

Cuts to special education needs and disabilities (SEND) support in schools are worsening, leaving children at greater risk of being permanently excluded, a teaching union has warned.

SEND reforms: Majority of children transferred ahead of deadline

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

| CYP Now

The vast majority of children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) have been transferred onto new education, health and care (EHC) plans ahead of this weekend's deadline, although thousands are still waiting, government figures show.

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Emergency changes to EHC plans extended for second time

Children's minister pledges £37m SEND boost

How has the government changed SEND legislation?

One million children missing out on SEND support, MPs warn

Deaf children win chance to highlight literacy skills

Williamson: Changes to SEND tribunals and EHC plans could be made permanent

Council pays £10,000 over failure to support child in need

Children with SEND 'worst affected' by school funding pressures

Councils divert £63.5m of childcare funding to plug gaps elsewhere

Councils report rise in number of home-educated children with complex needs

Two thirds of teachers rate SEND provision as 'poor'

Councils have SEND shortfall of £1.2bn, union warns

Hartlepool SEND provision faces DfE intervention

Liverpool families report 'long fight' to have SEND needs met

Government 'failing deaf children' as grades fall behind hearing classmates

Calls for register of home-educated children as figures rocket

Bercow Review: 'Grave concerns' over lack of progress on speech and language support

Children's services company receives funding to improve SEN careers guidance

Call for London mayor to launch early SEND identification drive

Spending on pupils drops by eight per cent, says IFS

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

DfE to scrap attainment targets for SEND pupils

MPs to probe success of government SEND reforms

SEND cuts 'put children at greater risk of exclusion'

SEND reforms: Majority of children transferred ahead of deadline

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