EYFS Best Practice in Schools: Providing the best environment for children with SEND
How can primary schools create emotionally and socially safe environments for the rising number of...
Special Educational Needs & Disabilities
The topic of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in the early years, including the Code of Practice, legislation, support and funding.
Policy: How the SEND Improvement Plan aims to strengthen support for young children
A new Improvement Plan aims to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of the SEND code of practice. Karen Faux...
Inclusion: Supporting families through the SEND Hub
A multi-agency strategy to integrate support for children with SEND has had life-changing results....
SEND improvement plan – sector response
Charities and sector organisations have responded to the publication of the Government’s SEND...
SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos
Ministers have pledged to fund training for thousands of workers to support children with special...
Mandy Wilding: ‘Recognising outstanding work with SEND is so important’
There are many reasons why nasen’s Award for Early Years Provision is needed to recognise the...
Special Report – Focus on the evolving role of the SENCO
What does the role of today's SENCO involve in early years settings, and how are some providers...
Nursery Management Supplement: Training – multi-tasking for SEND
With complex special needs in children reportedly on the rise, qualified SENCO staff have been...
The unintended consequences of the new EYFS on children with SEND
Settings are turning away children with SEND because providing the paperwork to access funding has...
Why we need to be aware of ableism
Stephen Kilgour outlines why it is unfair to a child to label their needs as additional because they...
Early years settings struggle to access funding for rising numbers of young children with SEND
Three-quarters of early years settings have seen an increase in the number of children with...
Government launches SEND green paper
The Government’s long-awaited special educational needs and disabilities green paper published today...
Concern children with 'low level' SEND not being identified
Early years SENCOs are worried that children presenting with ‘low levels’ of special educational...
Concerns over how SEND children will be supported during Coronavirus pandemic
Charities are calling on MPs to clarify how disabled children will be supported over the coming...
SEND campaigers to hand the Prime Minister an invoice for £12m
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) campaigners are to march on Downing Street...
Survey highlights long wait for support for under-fives with autism
The research by Ambitious about Autism highlights the long wait for parents to get the support they...
Paperwork stopping SENCOs from doing their jobs
Too much admin is keeping special educational needs co-ordinators from supporting children,...
Interview - Steven Gauge, chief executive of Action for Stammering Children
UK charity Action for Stammering Children has just published its latest research, Suffering in...
Westminster schools awarded £2.1m to increase SEND provision
Westminster schools are set to receive £2.1m funding to help children with special educational needs...
Yorkshire SEND school receives early years award
A school in Yorkshire for children with SEND has received an award for its work with local early...
MPs call for 'radical' change' in failing SEND system
MPs have published a damning report into the special educational needs system, accusing the...
Families lose landmark SEND case against Government
The families of children with SEND who brought a legal challenge against the Government over funding...
Complaints about SEND support at ‘unprecedented level’
Families of children who need an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) face delays of more than a...
SEND funding: More SEND cash for early years?
SEND funding has been in crisis for years, and while the Government has announced a funding boost...
1.3 million disabled children face 50:50 chance of the right support
According to figures collated by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), 51 out of 100 local...
Needs of children with SEND not being met, warns National Audit Office
The report by the spending watchdog raises ‘significant’ concerns that many pupils with special...
Government launches major review into support for children with SEND
The Government has today launched a 'major' review that will look at the support available for...
Government to face High Court judge over SEND funding
A landmark High Court case against the Government’s funding for special educational needs will be...
Children's Commissioner warns of speech and language therapy postcode lottery
Too many vulnerable young children are missing out on the speech and language help they need to be...
Nationwide protest to highlight SEND crisis
Parents, disabled children, young people and professionals will take to the streets in 26 locations...
Inclusion - Going strong
How one setting in south London is supporting children who have mental health and well-being issues....
DfE launches call for evidence on SEND funding system
The education secretary is inviting schools and local authorities to put forward ideas to improve...
SEND funding shortfall in schools of £1.2bn, union claims
Funding for children with special educational needs has failed to keep pace with the rise in demand...
Government urged to fund teachers for deaf children to avoid 'staffing crisis'
The National Deaf Children's Society warns that without funding to pay for new specialist teachers...
SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks
A charity that provides care and support for children with SEND and their families in Essex is at...
Managing Equality and Diversity, Part 3: SEND - Catch 22
By creating an inclusive environment where children with SEND are treated equally with others, the...
An unequal entitlement
The 30 hours policy is widening the gap between children with SEND and their peers, argue Ivana La...
Rise in children with SEN in PVI nurseries
The number of children in private and voluntary nurseries with special educational needs has risen...
SEND - Firm focus for childminders
Caring for a child with SEND needn’t be daunting. Maureen Hunt offers childminders advice on how to...
NAHT holds crisis summit on SEND funding
School leaders are holding a summit on tackling the cuts in special educational needs funding today.
Government review to improve lives of autistic children
The Government has launched a review of services and support for children with autism.
Ofsted chief inspector highlights crisis in support for children with SEND
Children across England are missing out on special educational needs support, Ofsted’s annual report...
Funding for projects that improve outcomes for children with SEND
Funding is available for projects that aim to raise the attainment of children with SEND from the...
Schools unable to support SEND pupils without more funding
School leaders’ union NAHT has warned that without sufficient funding, the SEN code of practice is...
Call for better communication to support adopted children with SEND
A new report by the Council for Disabled Children has called for improved communication with...
London Mayor urged to help tackle 'special needs timebomb'
A new report warns of a ‘special needs timebomb’ in London with rising numbers of children with SEND...
Kent settings lobby MPs on cut to SEND funding
Early years settings in Kent have raised concerns about cuts to the level of funding for children...
Underfunding of SEND is putting provision at risk
We, Canterbury Early Years United Collaboration, are writing to express our deep concern regarding...
New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND
Local authorities will be able to access Government funding to improve facilities and create more...
Early Years SENCo qualification planned
Early years awarding body CACHE has confirmed that it will be developing a new Early Years SENCo...
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