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Inspections Clinic: New SEND inspections

    Features
  • Wednesday, August 30, 2023
    • | CYP Now
Provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities has been subject to a new inspection regime this year. Jo Stephenson speaks to Ofsted about progress so far.

Inspections Clinic: Special schools framework

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 29, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Special schools cater for children and young people with additional and often complex needs. Jo Stephenson sets out 10 emerging trends on how the education inspection framework is being applied in special schools.

Inspections Clinic: Residential holiday schemes

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.

Local area SEND inspections

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 1, 2022
    • | CYP Now
Children and young people with SEND have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic, yet Ofsted inspections show support in many areas is substandard and not improving, reports Jo Stephenson.

Inspections: SEND services

    Features
  • Tuesday, January 2, 2018
    • | CYP Now
The introduction of area-wide multi-agency inspections of special educational needs and disabilities services has highlighted the challenges of implementing system reforms while continuing to deliver quality provision.

Greenwich wins praise for progress on SEND reforms

    News
  • Thursday, September 14, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Co-production of services with children and young people has helped Greenwich secure a generally positive inspection report of the area's work on special educational needs and disability reforms.

Ofsted criticises 'delusional leaders' for SEND failures

    News
  • Monday, July 31, 2017
    • | CYP Now
Serious concerns have been raised about the quality of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Bury, with inspectors warning that progress has been hampered because of complacent leadership.

Inspections: Special schools

The number of children with disabilities educated at special schools is rising. While the proportion of settings achieving a "good" rating is up, there is wide variation between different types of provider.

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).

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