A lack of tailored support has led to children with special needs being taught in school cupboards, ministers have been told. The claim about the lack of special educational needs
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Councils in England have been accused of “wasting” millions of pounds in court disputes with parents and carers over disability and educational support for their children. A total of 11,052
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Parents of children with special needs were called just days before the start of the new term to be told their school had to shut as it is fitted with
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Children and young people are still being failed when it comes to special educational needs support, a watchdog has said as it revealed it had upheld the majority of complaints
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The chief executive of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) said it is “alarming” that a survey found almost one in four jobs are vacant across the
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The family of Sir Sean Connery are supporting a pioneering new project which will support children with dyslexia – a cause which was close to his heart. Sir Sean’s granddaughters
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Children with disabilities and complex needs suffered “very serious abuse and neglect” at three residential settings in Doncaster, according to a national review calling for “urgent action” to ensure children
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“As someone who is severely deaf and completely blind, I felt overnight I had lost a third sense, my sense of touch. To make matters worse, people around me faded
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A new campaign will aim to boost the number of young people in work with a learning disability or autism by 10,000 in the next eight years. The charity DFN
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Children will face longer waits for help with autism or speech problems due to NHS staff shortages outside of hospitals, health leaders have warned. The NHS Confederation and NHS Providers
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