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Councils to probe state of SEND system

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  • Wednesday, January 10, 2018
    • | CYP Now
Councils are set to investigate the state of the system for providing support for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) to see if it can be improved.

DfE cuts to research evaluations spark concern

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  • Monday, February 28, 2011
    • | CYP Now
The Department for Education (DfE) has cut 7.5m from research projects evaluating everything from academy schools to services for disabled children, an investigation by the Radical Statistics Group has revealed.

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).

Youth charities receive social impact bond investment

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  • Friday, March 20, 2015
    • | CYP Now
A charity that aims to improve the lives of teenagers by recruiting them as mentors for vulnerable toddlers is among four programmes to win social impact bond (SIB) funding through the Youth Engagement Fund.

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