Funding for SEND places Date: 04/12/2024 This swift response is a good starting point for helping schools. Funding SEND
National Audit Report into special educational needs Date: 24/10/2024 This is a wake-up call about the scale of the SEND crisis and the level of ambition required to fix it. Funding SEND
School exclusions and suspensions Date: 05/09/2024 Report by IPPR and The Difference. Disproportionate levels of exclusion are a cause for concern. Assessment Child poverty Curriculum Funding SEND
Unions launch joint education manifesto for Northern Ireland Date: 22/06/2024 Education Crisis: Teachers Launch Manifesto Ahead of General Election. GE2024 Funding SEND
SEND school census data Date: 20/06/2024 The latest SEND data illustrates the unsustainable SEND funding shortfall. Funding SEND
Labour Party General Election manifesto Date: 13/06/2024 Any new Government will need to reverse cuts to education to boost skills, close equity gaps and deliver the necessary workforce. GE2024 Funding SEND
Liberal Democrats general election manifesto Date: 11/06/2024 Education is in crisis. It is heartening that this manifesto recognises many of the major challenges. GE2024 Curriculum Early years Funding Mental health Ofsted SEND Sixth form college
Announcement of General Election Date: 22/05/2024 Education must be a priority for any political party wanting to form the next Government. Funding Mental health SEND
SEND in multi-academy trusts Date: 18/04/2024 This NFER report is further evidence that the complexity of pupils’ needs are placing pressure on mainstream schools due to a lack of special school places. Academies SEND
Ensuring adequate funding for SEND in state schools Date: 04/04/2024 We need investment in making mainstream schools more inclusive, not asking them to do more with less money and fewer staff. NEU2024 Funding SEND
State of education: SEND Date: 04/04/2024 Seven in eight respondents tell us the SEND resources they do have are insufficient. Annual Conference NEU2024 SEND
Ofsted on Alternative Provision Date: 01/02/2024 The proposed model for AP has flaws which will benefit neither young people nor the staff working with them. Ofsted SEND
