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The Guardian view on the Send crisis: Bridget Phillipson must be tough with the Treasury so children aren’t penalised

Editorial: Tory special needs reforms upended council finances, but Labour’s plan to rebuild public provision won’t come cheap if it’s done properly

The Guardian - UK

Ministers face calls to explain how £6bn Send funding hole will be paid for

Bridget Phillipson tells MPs that Send costs in England will not fall on core schools funding but on government budget

The Guardian - UK

Warning of £20bn timebomb as Reeves switches Send funding in England to education department

Councils welcome move but OBR says it is significant fiscal risk equivalent to 4.9% real fall in spending per pupil

The Guardian - UK

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Motherland star’s urgent plea about ‘devastating’ impact of Sats on Send children

Anna Maxwell Martin among campaigners to say primary Sats impact Send children

The Independent UK

Sats ‘devastating’ for Send pupils, Motherland star and parent campaigners say

Anna Maxwell Martin and 22 parent organisations and campaigners were delivering an open letter to the Education Secretary.

Evening Standard

Sight of children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’, Richard Tice says

He said there is a crisis in the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system, saying neurodiverse conditions are overdiagnosed.

Evening Standard

Reform UK’s Richard Tice says children wearing ear defenders in school is ‘insane’

Tice was outlining Reform’s Doge (Department of government efficiency) unit’s progress

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Special needs services in England face ‘total collapse’ from increasing demand

Councils say 59 authorities could go bankrupt by March 2028 without urgent structural reform

The Guardian - UK

Some schools in England taking up to six times more special needs pupils than others

Findings come as government prepares white paper to urgently overhaul provision and funding

The Guardian - UK

Helen Mirren ‘unbelievably excited’ to help launch RSC’s Shakespeare curriculum

The curriculum is a teaching and learning platform that is free for all state and Send schools.

Evening Standard

Education spending plans will struggle to narrow gaps in outcomes – report

The Institute for Government has warned the Government’s budget falls short of matching its ambitions for schools.

Evening Standard

Soaring costs trigger calls to address transport for Send pupils in England

National Audit Office finds £415m overspend as more children travel farther to schools that meet their needs

The Guardian - UK

Councils spend £415m more than budgeted on home to school transport – watchdog

The NAO spoke to 10 councils that had withdrawn or restricted free or subsidised transport for some young people

The Independent UK

Government should introduce new statutory category of Send support – report

A Send taskforce set up by the Institute for Public Policy Research has recommended creating a new system of additional learning support.

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The Guardian - UK

White paper on overhaul of Send provision in England put back to 2026

Plans had been expected this autumn but government wants more time to build support for changes

Evening Standard

Chancellor urged to fix ‘broken system’ as council bailouts ‘normalised’

Overall, 42 councils have accessed more than £5 billion through exceptional support since its introduction in 2020/21.

The Independent UK

Why children with Send from low-income homes face ‘double disadvantage’

Disadvantaged children with Send are being failed by a system ‘beset with inconsistency and bureaucracy’ a charity has said

The Independent UK

Children with Send from poorer homes facing ‘double disadvantage’

The Sutton Trust has said getting the right support for special educational needs and disabilities should not depend on a family’s ability to pay.

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The Independent UK

Actress Kellie Bright reveals ‘battle’ to get her autistic son support

Kellie Bright appears in a new Panorama documentary about Send provisions for children

Evening Standard

EastEnders' Kellie Bright says fight to secure education for autistic son ‘felt like a battle’

The soap star presents a BBC Panorama documentary about Send families fighting for the right education for their children

The Independent UK

The new Archbishop of Canterbury could be a woman for the first time in history

Various candidates are reported to have been in the mix, among them a former refugee

The Independent UK

New report lays bare the growing cost of SEND spending

Government will set out how it will reform the Send system in the Schools White Paper later this year

Evening Standard

Send spending could outstrip spending by Ministry of Justice by 2029 – IFS

The Institute for Fiscal Studies warned there is a risk that increases in spending on children will be followed by higher spending on young adults.

The Independent UK

Schools cannot shoulder burden of wider support for pupils alone, research warns

The National Foundation for Educational Research said pressure on school budgets means there is a risk of impact on children’s wellbeing and learning.

The Guardian - UK

After last week, UK ministers should know this: a huge rebellion is coming – we will fight for our children’s rights

From mooted Whitehall cost-cutting to the bigoted views of Reform, parents of children with special needs see the latest threats, and we are mobilising, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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