Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Willowfield School - An impression of the planned SEND school. Credit: Hull City Council

Willowfield Free School: Plan for new SEND school in Yorkshire approved
Plans for the construction of a new school for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) have been passed by Hull City Council’s planning co...

A copy of the Schools White Paper. PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

Innovation doesn’t happen in Whitehall - Jim O’Neill & Fiona Spellman

The Play For All collection includes nine inclusive play towers, five sensory-focused items, and 35 additional components.

Ad Feature Creative Play launches inclusive playground range

A therapy session at Burlington House

The 'neurodiverse' school combining in-house therapy and life skills

The survey reveals that girls with two or more characteristics of inequality are significantly more likely to not be active every day

Ad Feature Girls twice as likely not to take part in sport as boys, data shows

The Education Committee recommends the Government sets a national standard for the support children with SEND can expect in school

What the Government needs to do to fix the SEND system - new report

Students on phones at school table

Education training experts offer tips on the mobile phones in schools debate ami...

EHCPs are legal documents that ensure children with special educational needs get the support they need at school

EHCPs could be scrapped - why some experts say they're worth keeping

School children in a classroom. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The SEND crisis can no longer be ignored, meaningful reform is overdue

Nursery

Early Years Education in 2025: Navigating growth, challenges and innovation

Compass Community School Seacole Park, in Beverley.

Open day announced at CCS Seacole Park

Sheffield's CU

Children’s University launch a song packed with inspiration titled "Anything I W...

Four key areas of focus were identified in the curriculum review

Curriculum 'not working for all' - 4 things review says need changing

School children in a classroom. PIC: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

SEND costs are putting pressure on councils - Carl Les

Certain demographics, including girls, appear to be getting identified as having SEN at lower rates

Three groups of children whose SEN needs may be going unrecognised

Jamie Oliver has spoken out about the impact dyslexia had on his school experience

Jamie Oliver to front new documentary on dyslexia and UK school system

Lewis and Tommy

Marathon Mayhem

All three of the new schools aim to fill a local need

A look at three new schools set to open in England in 2025

Emma Steel is the head of Every Cherry, which creates and publishes more accessible books

Meet the woman behind ground-breaking new books for children with SEND

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?
Billions of pounds will go towards hiring more teachers and SEN provision 💰
Amber Allott

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

More than 11 thousand children were considered missing from education at some point last year (Photo: Adobe Stock)

What we know about the thousands of children not enrolled in school

Jayne Haigh of Goxhill Meadows.

'My journey from deputy head teacher to running a glamping site'

Campaigners protest in Leeds

Yorkshire families protest over special educational needs 'crisis'

Teachers have insufficient resources for pupils with special educational needs.

Jayne Dowle: Needy families are being pushed unfairly into abyss by austerity cu...

‘Moral failure’ of education cuts for vulnerable children that hit harder in the...

Lawyer Anne-Marie Irwin from Irwin Mitchell, representing the families

Scarborough family in crowdfunding campaign over special needs education

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