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Transition support for students with disabilities

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Transitions Service gives support to students on career and further education options while still in school, helping them make progress in achieving their goals.

SEND reforms get backing but concerns remain over delivery

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Changes to education, health and care plans, new national standards and an overhaul of the tribunal system form the basis of the improvement plan for special educational needs and disabilities services.

More cash to support SEN plans

Other

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

| CYP Now

Extra funding alone will not improve the transfer of SEN children to integrated care plans, warn campaigners.

Kent suspends staff member over 'mocking disabled children'

News

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Kent County Council has suspended a member of staff amid allegations that council staff mocked disabled children who were applying for school bus passes.

Councils struggling to meet SEND deadline, ombudsman warns

News

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Local authorities are struggling to transfer all children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to new education, health and care (EHC) plans by the April deadline, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has warned.

Daily roundup: Ofqual on EBacc, service children, and Buckinghamshire SEN support

Other

Thursday, December 6, 2012

| CYP Now

Ofqual concerns over EBacc plans, MPs to investigate education provision for children of service personnel, and Buckinghamshire council is reprimanded in over special educational needs provision, all in the news today.

Children's bill must heed lessons from SEN pilots, charities urge

Other

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

As the Children and Families Bill looms, professionals criticise the government's decision to extend the pilot schemes to September 2014, saying lessons should be taken into account before legislation comes into force

Poor provision for deaf children is forcing families to move

News

Friday, January 4, 2013

| CYP Now

One in ten families of deaf children have been forced to move due to poor quality local support and cuts to services, according to a survey.

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

News

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.

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking

Other

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Severely disabled children exempted from bedroom tax, Barnardo's to study girls who commit sexual abuse, and calls for the government to protect victims of trafficking, all in the news today.

UN criticises treatment of disabled children in the UK

News

Friday, September 1, 2017

| CYP Now

A United Nations committee has strongly criticised the treatment of children with disabilities in the UK and called on the government to take action to provide better support.

DfE launches school transport review

News

Monday, September 11, 2017

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is reviewing guidance on school transport for disabled children after an inquiry found half of councils have published misleading or unlawful guidance.

SEN reforms threatened by lack of key worker support

Other

Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Proposals to overhaul the system for children with disabilities and special educational needs face being derailed, with a third of councils offering no key worker provision

Daily roundup: Visual impairments, Youth Audit and education support

Other

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Guidelines launched to improve commissioning of child eye health services; council undergoes first Youth Audit; and plans to raise education support for disabled young people to 25 gains backing, all in the news today.

One in four health and wellbeing boards sign disabled children's charter

News

Thursday, July 31, 2014

| CYP Now

Disability campaigners have urged health and wellbeing boards (HWBs) to sign up to a charter to improve services for disabled children after it emerged that just a quarter have done so more than a year after it was launched.

How Down syndrome pupils reach their potential

Best Practice

Monday, September 1, 2014

| CYP Now

Teacher Wendy Uttley set up a training service to improve the education and support of children with Down syndrome in Bradford.

Funding shortage will 'force schools to turn away SEND pupils'

News

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

| CYP Now

A combination of a lack of government funding and rising demand could force mainstream schools to turn away pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), councils have warned.

Quarter of councils plan cuts to deaf children's support services

News

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

| CYP Now

A quarter of councils plan to cut support for deaf children this year, an investigation by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) has found.

Council forced to U-turn on cuts to deaf children's services

News

Friday, September 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Stoke-on-Trent council has made a U-turn on plans to cut services for deaf children following a High Court challenge by the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS).

Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes

Features

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

Following providers’ criticism, Ofsted has amended the inspection framework for residential schemes for disabled children to put greater emphasis on fun and the child’s experience, reports Jo Stephenson.

How to repair damage caused by the pandemic to children’s development?

Features

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

As teachers report a sharp rise in pupils struggling with speech and language difficulties, CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss how to tackle delays in children’s development caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

SEN statements to be replaced with joined-up education, health and social care support

News

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Statements of special educational needs (SEN) are set to be scrapped and replaced with a single assessment that will cover children's education, health and social care needs, in an attempt to reduce the number of children placed on the SEN register.

Funding and lack of inclusivity 'risks Olympic legacy'

News

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.

One in three areas fail children with special needs

News

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils and health organisations in around a third of areas are failing to effectively support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), analysis by Ofsted and health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has revealed.

Daily roundup: Breakfast clubs, Gove-levels and a sexual health campaign

Other

Monday, September 17, 2012

| CYP Now

Breakfast clubs fall victim to school budget cuts, the government prepares to unveil its new exam system proposals, and a campaign to improve access to contraception, all in the news today.

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Transition support for students with disabilities

SEND reforms get backing but concerns remain over delivery

More cash to support SEN plans

Kent suspends staff member over 'mocking disabled children'

Councils struggling to meet SEND deadline, ombudsman warns

Daily roundup: Ofqual on EBacc, service children, and Buckinghamshire SEN support

Children's bill must heed lessons from SEN pilots, charities urge

Poor provision for deaf children is forcing families to move

Architects of SEND system criticise government progress

Daily roundup: Bedroom tax concession, sexual abuse and child trafficking

UN criticises treatment of disabled children in the UK

DfE launches school transport review

SEN reforms threatened by lack of key worker support

Daily roundup: Visual impairments, Youth Audit and education support

One in four health and wellbeing boards sign disabled children's charter

How Down syndrome pupils reach their potential

Funding shortage will 'force schools to turn away SEND pupils'

Quarter of councils plan cuts to deaf children's support services

Council forced to U-turn on cuts to deaf children's services

Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes

How to repair damage caused by the pandemic to children’s development?

SEN statements to be replaced with joined-up education, health and social care support

Funding and lack of inclusivity 'risks Olympic legacy'

One in three areas fail children with special needs

Daily roundup: Breakfast clubs, Gove-levels and a sexual health campaign

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