Online guide to help parents find the best school for children with special needs. Created by SEN parents for SEN parents
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I'm really confused. Wasn't the VAT money going to help fix state schools and the broken SEND provision? Why is it going elsewhere?
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“What’s going to happen to our primary school children in 20 years’ time when we have a generation who have not had their educational needs supported and we expect them to cope and function in society? We are always kicking the problem down the road.” telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01…
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30 Dec 2024
“What the government doesn’t want to recognise is that for disabled people like me, independent schooling didn’t just unlock equal opportunity; it was, quite literally, my salvation" #EducationNotTax
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24 Nov 2024
The government is planning to fix the SEND crisis by making mainstream schools more inclusive for children with SEND.
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24 Nov 2024
Teachers humiliated pupils at top academy that refused reasonable adjustments for children with SEND saying “no exceptions”. One mother said: “Teachers yelled and even swore at students. They took pleasure in having power. It was psychological abuse.”
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23 Nov 2024
Children’s development ‘put back by years’ due to failure of SEND system
“The result is that young people, & their families, don’t get the help they need & lose vital weeks, months & years of education and development as a result...”
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23 Nov 2024
Parents may wish to remind schools!!
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20 Nov 2024
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Really excellent questions on EHCPs. Hopefully @bphillipsonMP and @educationgovuk
can publish clarification. A lot of parents struggling to work through the treacle pond without joy on this.
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30 Oct 2024
Our Legal Team’s Maria Bloom is quoted in this piece which highlights the staggering figure that 98% of cases decided by the SEND Tribunal go against LAs - showing just how often families are forced to fight for the support their children need and are legally entitled to.
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26 Oct 2024
All of this, the system is broken. Placing disabled children into mainstream schools will not help an overstretched system either, but this seems to be the new mission. SEND children have a right to an education that helps, not traumatises them and their families.
24 Oct 2024
“The system is broken… Our children are traumatised by school”
@CarrieGrant1, broadcaster and National Autistic Society ambassador, speaks to #Newsnight about the National Audit Office report on children with special needs
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25 Oct 2024
Sadly, I fear this is one of many similar stories to appear over the next few months. Our heart goes out to the little boy. BBC News - Derby: Parents upset as autistic son faces school move - BBC News
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25 Oct 2024
Insiders say local authorities are already receiving applications for Education Health and Care plans from parents who can no longer afford private school fees inews.co.uk/news/private-sch…
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24 Oct 2024
Since being elected, I've been inundated with parents who are struggling to get their child the SEND support they need. No parent should be prosecuted for the failings in the school system, particularly where it comes to absence linked to SEN.
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24 Oct 2024
The huge rise in applications for EHCPs (Education, Health & Care plans) will continue until we find the courage for a root & branch rethink about our whole approach to children’s education - one driven by what we now understand about neuroscience & neurodiversity! @BBCr4today
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24 Oct 2024
This has never worked before so how is she planning to make it work now? What does "system extensively improved" actually look like? So many words, so little substance
24 Oct 2024
Schools minister @CMcKinnellMP highlights new report suggesting 35,000 more children with SEND could be taught in mainstream schools rather than specialist settings ‘if the system was extensively improved’
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24 Oct 2024
It is incredible that this was never an election issue A sign of how invisible SEND children and their families are. theguardian.com/education/20…
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21 Oct 2024
"He has broken windows, he fractured somebody's nose, he kicked a door off its hinges he's put holes in walls."
Side of #autism mostly airbrushed out of media and public perception. Autism can have a devastating impact on the individual and family.
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21 Oct 2024
A coroner has warned Bridget Phillipson that schools are delaying applications for EHC needs assessments because LAs have given them incorrect guidance on funding thresholds, increasing the risk of suicides.
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18 Oct 2024
This powerful clip from @WaterlooRoad shows what can happen when a deaf pupil starts school without appropriate support in place.
Every deaf child should have access to the support they need to thrive – no matter their type or level of deafness, or how they communicate.
When accessibility isn't prioritised, this can be the reality of being deaf at school 💔
#WaterlooRoad #Drama #DeafAwareness #DeafEducation #DeafCommunity #SignLanguage #Learning #HearingImpaired #BSL
Details of support for some of the issues raised in this video are available at the BBC Action Line: bbc.co.uk/actionline/
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Yesterday, my report revealed an estimated 400,000 children in England are seeking support for suspected neurodevelopmental conditions like autism, ADHD, and cerebral palsy.
Today, I’m sharing their voices on the challenges they face accessing support. #TheBigConversation
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