The government must launch a national regulator and ban profits from state-funded private placements to fix the “broken” SEND system, a report commissioned by...
Three judicial review cases have been launched against councils that have recently entered controversial safety valve agreements, heaping more pressure on the government’s key...
Trusts are warning they face having to make “significant redundancies” and have no choice but to exclude vulnerable children following shock cuts to SEND...
More than a third of councils with “safety-valve” deals to plug high-needs deficits face bankruptcy, despite being set to receive more than £1 billion...
The government is looking into how many schools are not being inclusive enough for children with SEND, the children’s minister has revealed. David Johnston...
The locations of 16 new special schools have been revealed, as ministers also named seven academy trusts selected to run seven other specialist settings...
Some councils taking part in the government’s “safety valve” SEND deficit reduction programme have “removed” their deficits, a top civil servant has said. Susan...