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The government is facing “crunch time” over the rising costs and failures of special needs education for children in England, according to a report by the…

Keir Starmer is being urged not to diminish the legal rights of children with special educational needs by a new national campaign backed by the actor…

The government is to invest £3bn in creating bespoke places within local state schools for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), a crucial part…

Ministers are to reduce the rising cost of funding special educational needs provision through their overhaul of the system, as they faced calls to explain how…

The government will take over full responsibility for special educational needs spending from local councils, it was revealed at the budget, prompting warnings that the Department…

Special educational needs services in England face “total collapse”, with councils on course to have run up debts of £18bn by the end of the decade…

Schools in England are steering away children with special needs, leading some to have six times as many pupils requiring learning or behaviour support compared with…

Home-to-school transport costs in England have risen to £2.3bn a year, as increasing numbers of children with special educational needs and disabilities travel farther afield to…

The government is to delay publishing its long-awaited overhaul of special educational needs provision in England as ministers seek to build a coalition among parents to…

One in eight children in special schools have parents who spent £5,000 or more on their assessments, according to research that reveals huge inequalities in how…