UK network of disabled children and young people, their families and allies working to uphold rights. All views our own. #SaveOurChildrensRights
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Apr 29
Will you help us to save the legal rights of disabled children and young people? There are events at 12 locations across England on 9th May. Links to register below. #SaveSENDLegalRights #SEND #Disability
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The number of EHCPs has jumped 11.6% just a year—little surprise, after the DfE's comms mismanagement! 6% of pupils now have an EHCP—538.547.
SEN with no EHCP rose by 2.8% to 1.3 million/14.8% Watch out for Special Needs Jungle’s full analysis tomorrow gov.uk/government/statistics…
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KLM apologises after Paralympian denied onboard wheelchair on 11-hour flight. #Disability access on #airlines should be on the table for discussion to improve & ensure fundamental human rights, guarantee safe travel, and promote social inclusion #AirTravel theguardian.com/world/2026/j…
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SEND Action retweeted
Parent complaints ‘contributing to school staff quitting’ If they think it’s bad now, wait till they’re dealing with a deluge of SEND complaints if the #SENDreform proposals go through…
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Jun 9
This looks really interesting.
NEW GIVEAWAY! Journalist and author @Saba_Salman discusses her new book, "Double Discrimination" highlighting the human face at the intersection of race, culture, and SEND. we have two copies to giveaway—use the form in the article: specialneedsjungle.com/doubl…
ALT image shows an inset of Saba, a shot of a child with Down's syndrome performing, and the the book cover
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Labour doesn't seem to like SEND schools for kids like mine – but here's what we'll lose if these precious places are forgotten by John Harris theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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SEND Action retweeted
The petition to protect the legal right to support for children with SEND is now over 14,000. Please ask families and friends to sign and let’s see if we can double it. Remember children can sign too.
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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SEND Action retweeted
NEW POST: A few words from SNJ's @SEND_Action and Three Easy Actions you can take this half term to keep up the work to save SEND Legal Rights specialneedsjungle.com/dont-…
ALT Gill Doherty with a video sign in front of her and the post title
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Jun 5
Happy Friday! Will you please sign and share to help get the petition to save disabled children’s rights over 14,000?
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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SEND Action retweeted
On SNJ Today: @CaptainK77 looks at the last few years of Area SEND inspection reports from Ofsted & CQC. Given the Government is confident Ofsted will ensure SEND reform accountability, he says the judgements should give us ‘significant concern’specialneedsjungle.com/gover…
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SEND Action retweeted
Have you signed Tee-Jay's petition? It renews our #SaveOurChildrensRights petition that paused the #SchoolsWhitePaper. Now we KNOW they aim to make it harder to get an #EHCP and the right #SEND provision, we MUST act so they drop these damaging plans bit.ly/protect-send-rights
ALT Join the fight! sign the #SaveSENDlegalRights petition
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SEND Action retweeted
ARFID: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: much more than just "fussy eating" “The lack of clear clinical pathways means many children are never assessed, leaving families without support, and it varies widely between areas.” specialneedsjungle.com/arfid…
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May 28
#IncludeMeTOO #BlackSENMamas & #SouthAsianSENMamas regarding the SEND Reforms impact on Black, Asian & minoritised disabled children, young people & their families.
Do join us for this important conversation.
Register here: lnkd.in/eqGpFU-z
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May 20
It’s not funny at all. It is deeply offensive to disabled young people and their families. DfE and @bphillipsonMP are laughing in our faces. #SaveSENDLegalRights
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
May 19
This would be funny if SEND wasn't an urgent daily issue for v many desperate parents and pupils. If our councils were all competent and dealing well with it. If H Teachers/Sencos were not contacting their MPs almost weekly. And if SoS held regular meetings with MPs/constituents.
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SEND Action retweeted
Read more: trib.al/xbv0ypL
ALT Text: Gillian Doherty, co-director of parent group Special Needs Jungle, said the Government’s presentation of the SEND proposals as an expansion of rights is “cynical and deliberately misleading”. “Keeping the language of EHCPs creates the false impression that disabled children’s legal protections remain intact, when in reality they would be fundamentally weakened,” she told The i Paper.
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SEND Action retweeted
The latest quarterly SEND Tribunal stats show a grim picture. New appeals 🆙 18% on the same quarter in 2025 at 6.7k, the highest quarterly rise ever—though down on the last quarter. 5.3k appeals were disposed of, with the open caseload up to 16k 🆙 13% & 42% respectively.
ALT Graph showing the trend lines as explained in text
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