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One in three areas fail children with special needs

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  • 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: school places, charity funding, and child poverty

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  • Wednesday, July 24, 2013
  • | CYP Now
There will be a shortfall of 120,000 primary school places by September warns Labour, nearly one in ten charities fear they will have closed within five years, and a growth in child poverty has forced Leeds council to review support services, all in the news today.

DfE announces voluntary sector funding

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  • Friday, May 10, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Promotion of adoption 'parties' and connecting vulnerable young people with arts and cultural facilities are among the projects that have received government voluntary sector funding.

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.