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As the dust settles on the government’s landmark changes to children’s special educational needs and disabilities provision, what will their impact really be on young people,…

When I was 11, a woman at the hospital asked me what school I was starting in September. I still remember her surprise when I told…

Whether the change is down to the shifting of the Overton window or the demise of basic decency, one awful feature of the current national conversation…

Teachers and schools face “a huge ask” implementing the government’s special needs proposals affecting hundreds of thousands of children, according to education leaders and MPs who…

With its education white paper, the key section of which concerns support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), the government is returning to…

Parents of children with special needs say they are relieved that the government’s long-awaited overhaul will avoid significant disruption for their families – but told the…

There is always an extra cost to delivering a tailored service, which is how Labour describes its new support system for school-age children with special educational…

In her first week as a cabinet minister Bridget Phillipson held a meeting for new Labour MPs with one subject – special educational needs. Almost 100…

How will children and their families be affected by the government’s overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision in England’s schools? That will depend…

Phillipson says Send reforms needed ‘even if money were no object’ because current outcomes not good enoughAt her press conference Bridget Phillipson admitted that the number…