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ADCS president calls for greater education role for local authorities

Friday, April 7, 2017

| CYP Now

Councils need to bolster their role in shaping local education to ensure schools are supporting their areas' most vulnerable children, new Association of Directors of Children's Services president Alison Michalska has said.

Education charity relaunches after entering administration

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A charity that works to raise achievement in schools has relaunched as a private company after going into administration.

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

| CYP Now

The government wants local authorities in England to target £70m of early intervention funding on implementing the special educational needs (SEN) reforms next year.

Government funds SEN independent advocate role

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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

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Independent advocates will be recruited to help families navigate the new special educational needs (SEN) process and challenge decisions on funding and services made by councils, the government has announced.

DfE to scrap attainment targets for SEND pupils

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Friday, May 25, 2018

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is looking to boost support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) by overhauling the way they are assessed in schools.

Fifth of disabled children face informal school exclusion

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

| CYP Now

More than a fifth of disabled children are informally excluded from school every week, research has revealed.

Spending on pupils drops by eight per cent, says IFS

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Thursday, July 12, 2018

| CYP Now

The amount spent per school pupil in England has dropped by eight per cent since 2009/10, research has found.

Autistic children more likely to be bullied, finds survey

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 97 per cent of parents with autistic children say the disability makes them more vulnerable to bullying at school

Pupil referral units 'damage' children's wellbeing

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Friday, May 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Pupil referral units (PRUs) in Wales are in need of urgent overhaul, according to a damning children's commissioner for Wales report that says many are failing to support children.

Inspectors criticise ‘embedded failings’ in Wolverhampton’s SEND support

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

| CYP Now

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Wolverhampton are being let down by long standing and widespread weaknesses in support, according to inspectors.

Surge in number of children with EHCPs

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Thursday, May 12, 2022

| CYP Now

The total number of children with education, health and care plans (EHCPs) has increased by more than 40,000 over the last year, latest figures from the Department for Education show.

Legal action threat over sending clinically vulnerable children back to school

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson could face legal action if clinically vulnerable children are forced back to school, campaigners have warned.

Green light for £38m special school in Wiltshire

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

| CYP Now

Plans for a £38m special school to replace three existing schools in Wiltshire have been given the go-ahead by councillors.

Birmingham City Council issued with direction notice over SEND failures

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Thursday, October 21, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has issued a direction notice to Birmingham City Council over its failure to improve support services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Children's minister pledges £37m SEND boost

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

| CYP Now

The government has pledged £37m to support the families of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) impacted by the coronavirus crisis.

Changes to SEN funding could be damaging for children

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Monday, March 14, 2016

| CYP Now

Changes to funding for children with special educational needs (SEN) could "damage their long-term prospects", it has been claimed.

Labour launches review of SEN provision

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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has launched a review of special educational needs (SEN) provision, claiming that too many children are not getting the support they require.

Academies 'discriminating against SEN pupils', MPs told

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Multi-academy trusts (MATs) are discriminating against children with special educational needs (SEN) by excluding disproportionate numbers, it has been claimed.

Early years groups call for government to combine childcare support programmes

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years leaders are calling for the government to introduce "childcare passports" to streamline funding and slash red tape for providers.

Tower Hamlets teachers vote for strike

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| CYP Now

Teaching staff in Tower Hamlets have voted to support strike action against cuts to jobs and services in education.

Schools urged to do more for children with language disorders

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Friday, May 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Schools need to do more to support the three to six percent of children that suffer from specific language impairment (SLI), according to an academic study into the disorder.

Schools ‘fail to consult vulnerable pupils over PSHE'

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Too many schools are failing to properly consult their most vulnerable pupils on improving their personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) lessons, according to a senior Ofsted official.

Conservative conference: Call to extend payment-by-results to PRUs

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should consider introducing payment-by-results schemes in pupil referral units (PRUs), a Conservative MP has said.

Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments

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Monday, October 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Long-term outcomes for children and young people with complex special educational needs (SEN) will be at the heart of a new needs assessment system, the government has announced.

MPs to probe success of government SEND reforms

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

| CYP Now

An influential group of MPs will investigate whether government reforms of the system of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have been a success, it has been announced.

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ADCS president calls for greater education role for local authorities

Education charity relaunches after entering administration

Timpson creates SEN funding pot from early intervention grant

Government funds SEN independent advocate role

DfE to scrap attainment targets for SEND pupils

Fifth of disabled children face informal school exclusion

Spending on pupils drops by eight per cent, says IFS

Autistic children more likely to be bullied, finds survey

Pupil referral units 'damage' children's wellbeing

Inspectors criticise ‘embedded failings’ in Wolverhampton’s SEND support

Surge in number of children with EHCPs

Legal action threat over sending clinically vulnerable children back to school

Green light for £38m special school in Wiltshire

Birmingham City Council issued with direction notice over SEND failures

Children's minister pledges £37m SEND boost

Changes to SEN funding could be damaging for children

Labour launches review of SEN provision

Academies 'discriminating against SEN pupils', MPs told

Early years groups call for government to combine childcare support programmes

Tower Hamlets teachers vote for strike

Schools urged to do more for children with language disorders

Schools ‘fail to consult vulnerable pupils over PSHE'

Conservative conference: Call to extend payment-by-results to PRUs

Government unveils plans for 'streamlined' SEN needs assessments

MPs to probe success of government SEND reforms

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