Thousands of school places will be created for children with special educational needs or those facing additional challenges in mainstream education. A new school will open in every English region,
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More than half of parents whose children have speech, language or communication problems have to wait longer than six months for help, a survey suggests. A YouGov poll of more
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A “lost generation” of children are falling a whole grade behind their hearing classmates at GCSE, the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has warned. The charity says that less than
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A new education campus for children with extra support needs is being officially opened in Renfrewshire. Erskine Waterfront Campus is run by CrossReach, the operating arm of the Church of
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Support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is facing a potential funding gap of more than £500 million, the Local Government Association estimates. The services in England
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Families of children with special educational needs are fighting a High Court battle against local authority cuts of more £21 million. Five children, whose mothers are bringing the case on
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The families of two schoolboys with special educational needs are seeking to legally challenge the Government over its SEND funding policy. They say the current Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
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Ministers have been urged to ring fence funding for autistic children so schools can provide properly for them. Labour’s Lloyd Russell-Moyle said autistic children in his Brighton Kemptown constituency were
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Researchers have found that many children are suffering from an undiagnosed developmental condition which impacts on their ability to learn mathematics. Experts at Queen’s University in Belfast carried out the
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Schools are faced with a bleak picture when it comes to supporting children with special educational needs, according to a report. The report from school leaders’ union the National Association
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