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20.12.2024

Solving the SEND crisis? The Education Committee seeks the answer to everything in (another) “major” inquiry - Special Needs Jungle

Solving the crisis? The Education Select Committee seeks the answer to everything by launching (another) “major” SEND inquiry

Special Needs Jungle

18.12.2024

Far-reaching recommendations to boost SEND transition to adulthood as Ofsted/CQC find systemic “longstanding weakness” - Special Needs Jungle

Ofsted and CQC recommend far-reaching improvements to boost SEND transition to adulthood as report finds systemic “longstanding weakness”

Special Needs Jungle

13.12.2024

55% rise in 2024 SEND Tribunal appeals. LAs’ 1.3% success rate cost £153m. The cost to families? Incalculable - Special Needs Jungle

A 55% rise in 2024 SEND Tribunal appeals. LAs’ 1.3% success rate cost £153m. The cost to families? Incalculable. Read our analysis

Special Needs Jungle

11.12.2024

Disabled children are not widgets. Removing rights isn’t the answer to the SEND crisis - Special Needs Jungle

Another new report muses reducing the educational rights of disabled children as the IFS treats SEND learners like widgets

Special Needs Jungle

09.12.2024

Language matters: Why the definition of SEND is shifting, and why we should be worried - Special Needs Jungle

Rachel Filmer connects the dots and issues a timely warning about how the definition of SEND is being shifted, and why we should be worried

Special Needs Jungle

06.12.2024

The true cost of cuts to post-16 transport support? Disabled young people’s life chances - Special Needs Jungle

A new report shows 65% of learners missed the academic year through transport issues as more LAs drastically cut Post-16 transport

Special Needs Jungle

05.12.2024

Will £740m make mainstream truly accessible? Plus SEND safety valve deals halted—we call that a win! - Special Needs Jungle

Will £740m make mainstream schools truly accessible? Plus SEND safety valve deals halted—we’ll take that as a win!

Special Needs Jungle

04.12.2024

Research informs policy: Bringing the lives of people with profound learning disabilities into the academic space - Special Needs Jungle

Jo Grace Phd discusses bringing the lives of people with profound learning disabilities into the academic space, so research can inform policy

Special Needs Jungle

02.12.2024

Ordinarily Available Provision Part 2: What does it look like and what difference does it make? by Philippa Stobbs OBE - Special Needs Jungle

NEW POST: On Friday, SEND expert, Philippa Stobbs OBE introduced Ordinarily Available Provision. In part 2, she explains what good OAP looks like and the difference it can make

Special Needs Jungle

29.11.2024

Ordinarily Available Provision for SEND: Friend or Foe? Part 1 from Philippa Stobbs OBE - Special Needs Jungle

What is Ordinarily Available Provision for SEND? And is it a friend or foe? Part 1 of a 2-part article from SEND expert, Philippa Stobbs OBE

Special Needs Jungle

27.11.2024

Think work first: Supporting young disabled people into work - Special Needs Jungle

Think work first: The NDTi explains more about how they’re increasing opportunities for supporting young disabled people into work

Special Needs Jungle

26.11.2024

The Ombudsman wants to investigate complaints about schools: Will the government listen? - Special Needs Jungle

The Ombudsman asks to investigate complaints about schools. We examine the latest SEND complaints stats & asks, will the government listen?

Special Needs Jungle

22.11.2024

Commons committee lets the Department for Education off the hook—so we’ll do the scrutiny instead - Special Needs Jungle

The Commons PAC quizzed top Education & Health civil servants about SEND. It was a bit too gentle, so we scrutinised them instead.

Special Needs Jungle

20.11.2024

GIVEAWAY: Making Lawful Decisions by Victoria Butler-Cole KC and Steve Broach KC - Special Needs Jungle

A fabulous GIVEAWAY for those who are interested in making decisions in SEND and public law from Victoria Butler Cole KC and Steve Broach KC.

Special Needs Jungle

19.11.2024

What’s happening with the SEND & AP Change Programme— November 2024 update - Special Needs Jungle

What’s happening with the #SEND & AP Change Programme? Matt Keer brings a pithy end-of-year update for your reading, er, pleasure…

Special Needs Jungle

18.11.2024

Too many children arrive in AP with no needs assessment—schools need to be more curious about the “why” - Special Needs Jungle

Special Needs Jungle

15.11.2024

Raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder to get better access to support - Special Needs Jungle

Raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder to get better access to support. Our article from columnists Speech & Language UK

Special Needs Jungle

13.11.2024

How government-funded schools’ SEND training has young people’s experiences at its core. - Special Needs Jungle

How government-funded schools’ SEND training has young people at its core in the Whole School SEND Co-production and Partnership Toolkit

Special Needs Jungle

11.11.2024

Tapping: A gentler way to deal with EBSA and school anxiety? Free workshop offered - Special Needs Jungle

Tapping: A gentler way to deal with EBSA and school anxiety? A SEND parent who is also an EFT Tapping practitioner explains more

Special Needs Jungle

08.11.2024

More “bold” reform for SEND and more children in mainstream—but how mainstream is it really? - Special Needs Jungle

The Education Secretary announces yet more “bold” reform for SEND and more children in mainstream—but how mainstream is it really?

Special Needs Jungle

07.11.2024

How much does SEND school transport matter to you? - Special Needs Jungle

NEW POST: How much does SEND school transport matter to you? Read today’s article to find out how your experiences can make a difference

Special Needs Jungle

04.11.2024

Kent’s beleaguered SEND leaders distort parent carer views with positive spin in DfE feedback - Special Needs Jungle

Special Needs Jungle

31.10.2024

Inside Surrey’s SEND Crisis: Case officers reveal the inner workings of a broken system - Special Needs Jungle

A quick recap on what the budget has for SEND but most of this post looks behind the scenes at the experience of SEND case officers in Surrey

Special Needs Jungle

29.10.2024

Delivering better value in SEND? Much of a new review is based on deep and fatal flaws that may uproot the SEND system - Special Needs Jungle

Delivering better value in SEND? Matt Keer finds much of a new review is based on deep and fatal flaws that may uproot the SEND system

Special Needs Jungle

28.10.2024

“Lack of stigma” blamed for rising SEND? We will NEVER be ashamed of our disabled children - Special Needs Jungle

“Lack of stigma” blamed for rising SEND? SNJ's Rachel Filmer writes, we will NEVER be ashamed of our disabled children

Special Needs Jungle

24.10.2024

NAO: The Government has no clear SEND plan and should consider “whole-system reform” to incentivise mainstream inclusion - Special Needs Jungle

An inquiry by the NAO says the Government has no clear SEND plan & should consider “whole-system reform” to incentivise mainstream inclusion.

Special Needs Jungle

23.10.2024

The new research-informed MetaSENse database of interventions for pupils with SEND - Special Needs Jungle

MetaSENse, a new database of research-backed SEND interventions has been developed, to help teachers and parents find what works

Special Needs Jungle

17.10.2024

The Lords publishes a “blueprint” to help young disabled people “thrive in work” saying too many are “written off” - Special Needs Jungle

Special Needs Jungle

11.10.2024

Invest in early specialist therapy for all deaf children, teenager, Hope, tells the Government - Special Needs Jungle

Invest in early specialist therapy for all deaf children, teenager, Hope, tells the Government as she meets minister, Stephen Morgan

Special Needs Jungle

08.10.2024

Law Commission Review: Fixing a 'bafflingly complex' disabled children’s social care system - Special Needs Jungle

The Law Commission has published a review to fix a 'bafflingly complex' disabled children’s social care system. We look at the recomendations

Special Needs Jungle

04.10.2024

A record rise in SEND appeals, and challenges for teachers accessing school support. Things are not getting better… - Special Needs Jungle

record rise in SEND appeals, and challenges for teachers accessing school support. Two sets of statistics show things are not getting better…

Special Needs Jungle

01.10.2024

Should we ‘mind the gap’ of disabled pupils’ attainment? Or is it really an indictment of how success is measured? - Special Needs Jungle

Sharon Smith asks, are we missing the point when looking at the so-called “attainment gap” in academic achievement of some disabled pupils?

Special Needs Jungle

26.09.2024

“The curriculum belongs to the nation” Let them know that includes children with special educational needs - Special Needs Jungle

“The curriculum belongs to the nation” Let them know that includes children with special educational needs - find out how to participate

Special Needs Jungle

20.09.2024

Children with SEND deserve better than being made pawns in the VAT wars - Special Needs Jungle

Children with SEND deserve better than being made pawns in the VAT wars. We look at the thorny issue facing many parent carers

Special Needs Jungle

13.09.2024

An epidemic of SEND school transport failings leaves disabled children at risk and missing school - Special Needs Jungle

An epidemic of SEND school transport failings leaves disabled children at risk of injury and missing school

Special Needs Jungle

11.09.2024

The Ofsted changes are bad news for SEND accountability - Special Needs Jungle

The Ofsted changes are bad news for SEND accountability. Matt Keer explains what the Big Listen outcome means for disabled children

Special Needs Jungle

06.09.2024

The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families - Special Needs Jungle

The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families

Special Needs Jungle

02.09.2024

Post-16: mental capacity and the SEND Tribunal - Special Needs Jungle

After a recent Upper Tribunal appeal, barrister, Matthew Wyard looks at when a disabled young person can represent themselves

Special Needs Jungle

29.08.2024

SNJ in Conversation with Brian Lamb OBE: Building good parental relationships is the key to fixing SEND - Special Needs Jungle

Veteran SEND expert, Brian Lamb OBE on 10 years of the CFA and why strong parental relationships are the key to fixing SEND

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SNJ’s advice and prompts for submitting evidence to the 2025 Education Select Committee’s SEND Inquiry - Special Needs Jungle

Solving the SEND crisis? The Education Committee seeks the answer to everything in (another) “major” inquiry - Special Needs Jungle

Far-reaching recommendations to boost SEND transition to adulthood as Ofsted/CQC find systemic “longstanding weakness” - Special Needs Jungle

55% rise in 2024 SEND Tribunal appeals. LAs’ 1.3% success rate cost £153m. The cost to families? Incalculable - Special Needs Jungle

Disabled children are not widgets. Removing rights isn’t the answer to the SEND crisis - Special Needs Jungle

Language matters: Why the definition of SEND is shifting, and why we should be worried - Special Needs Jungle

The true cost of cuts to post-16 transport support? Disabled young people’s life chances - Special Needs Jungle

Will £740m make mainstream truly accessible? Plus SEND safety valve deals halted—we call that a win! - Special Needs Jungle

Research informs policy: Bringing the lives of people with profound learning disabilities into the academic space - Special Needs Jungle

Ordinarily Available Provision Part 2: What does it look like and what difference does it make? by Philippa Stobbs OBE - Special Needs Jungle

Ordinarily Available Provision for SEND: Friend or Foe? Part 1 from Philippa Stobbs OBE - Special Needs Jungle

Think work first: Supporting young disabled people into work - Special Needs Jungle

The Ombudsman wants to investigate complaints about schools: Will the government listen? - Special Needs Jungle

Commons committee lets the Department for Education off the hook—so we’ll do the scrutiny instead - Special Needs Jungle

GIVEAWAY: Making Lawful Decisions by Victoria Butler-Cole KC and Steve Broach KC - Special Needs Jungle

What’s happening with the SEND & AP Change Programme— November 2024 update - Special Needs Jungle

Too many children arrive in AP with no needs assessment—schools need to be more curious about the “why” - Special Needs Jungle

Raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder to get better access to support - Special Needs Jungle

How government-funded schools’ SEND training has young people’s experiences at its core. - Special Needs Jungle

Tapping: A gentler way to deal with EBSA and school anxiety? Free workshop offered - Special Needs Jungle

More “bold” reform for SEND and more children in mainstream—but how mainstream is it really? - Special Needs Jungle

How much does SEND school transport matter to you? - Special Needs Jungle

Kent’s beleaguered SEND leaders distort parent carer views with positive spin in DfE feedback - Special Needs Jungle

Inside Surrey’s SEND Crisis: Case officers reveal the inner workings of a broken system - Special Needs Jungle

Delivering better value in SEND? Much of a new review is based on deep and fatal flaws that may uproot the SEND system - Special Needs Jungle

“Lack of stigma” blamed for rising SEND? We will NEVER be ashamed of our disabled children - Special Needs Jungle

NAO: The Government has no clear SEND plan and should consider “whole-system reform” to incentivise mainstream inclusion - Special Needs Jungle

The new research-informed MetaSENse database of interventions for pupils with SEND - Special Needs Jungle

The Lords publishes a “blueprint” to help young disabled people “thrive in work” saying too many are “written off” - Special Needs Jungle

Invest in early specialist therapy for all deaf children, teenager, Hope, tells the Government - Special Needs Jungle

Law Commission Review: Fixing a 'bafflingly complex' disabled children’s social care system - Special Needs Jungle

A record rise in SEND appeals, and challenges for teachers accessing school support. Things are not getting better… - Special Needs Jungle

Should we ‘mind the gap’ of disabled pupils’ attainment? Or is it really an indictment of how success is measured? - Special Needs Jungle

“The curriculum belongs to the nation” Let them know that includes children with special educational needs - Special Needs Jungle

Children with SEND deserve better than being made pawns in the VAT wars - Special Needs Jungle

An epidemic of SEND school transport failings leaves disabled children at risk and missing school - Special Needs Jungle

The Ofsted changes are bad news for SEND accountability - Special Needs Jungle

The SEND “Emergency” debate: scrap safety valve, write-off high needs debt and stop piling trauma on to families - Special Needs Jungle

Post-16: mental capacity and the SEND Tribunal - Special Needs Jungle

SNJ in Conversation with Brian Lamb OBE: Building good parental relationships is the key to fixing SEND - Special Needs Jungle

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