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Health and wellbeing boards 'ignore SEN'

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  • Wednesday, February 27, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Health and wellbeing boards in local areas testing the government's special educational needs (SEN) reforms are overlooking disabled children and young people, research has revealed.

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.

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.