In 2023, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission started implementing a new way to inspect local area SEND services. There are now two years’ worth of inspection reports under this new framework. So ...

An already-developed inclusive education strategy, based on enabling all schools to fulfil the legal requirement of parental ...

SNJ Note: The Education Select Committee held its second oral hearing this week in its SEND Inquiry. Significantly more MPs were in attendance than had bothered to show up to hear parental views, ...

Last week, Ofsted announced its proposals to overhaul how it carries out some of its education inspections. So what changes are Ofsted proposing, and how might it affect the world of SEND? You’ll ...

New research has found school practices, academisation, complex disadvantage, and absences are contributing to a lottery in identifying special educational needs. A new report published by the ...

In our SEND Inquiry response, one of the (many) recommendations we have made is for the Department for Education’s controversial SEND Safety Valve scheme to be totally scrapped. It has not achieved ...

SNJ Note: We’ve been hearing of increased attempts by local authorities to cease EHCPs at Post-16 stage. As we are approaching the deadline for post-16 transition EHCPs Nicole Lee, senior solicitor at ...

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