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Nearly three in five academy trusts now have in-year deficits, report suggests

Academy leaders said rising staff costs and growing demand for Send provision are financial challenges.

Evening Standard

‘Lost generation’ at risk of leaving school without vital Send support, MPs warn

Whether children receive support depends too much on their postcode, or how well families can navigate the system, the Public Accounts Committee said.

The Independent UK

Ofsted to meet parents of Send children to understand why they are not in school

It comes as proposed legislation is seeking to remove the automatic right for parents to home educate their children if they are at risk of harm.

Evening Standard

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Early intervention is vital to end the special needs crisis

Letters: The national curriculum isn’t working, say former teachers Pauline Silcock and Celia Roberts. Plus a letter from Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden

The Guardian - UK

The culture wars are coming for children with special needs – Labour must tread carefully

With the yawning gap between available funding and rising demand, parents are right to fear the government’s reaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

‘The worst it’s ever been’: teachers decry Send crisis in England’s schools

Staff and parents share their experience as number of pupils with special educational needs spirals

The Guardian - UK

£100m spent in England on failed efforts to block children’s Send support

Exclusive: Councils win just 1.2% of tribunals, as experts see signs provision is becoming a battle with desperate families

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‘Fobbed off and rejected’: Send crisis takes toll on families in Birmingham

As council cuts costs due to effective bankruptcy, parents face an exhausting battle to get support for their children

The Guardian - UK

Spiralling demand and shrinking budgets: why England’s Send system is buckling

No quick fix for a system that is failing children and parents and pushing councils into insolvency

The Guardian - UK

Warning of no early reform of special educational needs in England amid new inquiry

Chair of committee of MPs, Helen Hayes, says current Send ‘deep crisis’ is neither sustainable nor acceptable

The Guardian - UK

‘Early intervention is best’: how educational psychology is supporting Hillingdon schools to be more inclusive

Efforts to support children with special educational needs start early at the west London borough, and as youngsters move on, there are new facilities and trained teaching assistants at mainstream schools

The Guardian - UK

Lack of support for Send children is ‘timebomb’ for public services, MPs told

Education minister Catherine McKinnell said: ‘We desperately need to reform the system.’

Evening Standard

Schools in England to get extra £740m for pupils with special needs

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says extra funding for mainstream schools will help break down barriers

The Guardian - UK

The special educational needs crisis affects all our children

Letters: Dr Helen Care says we have to start looking at the wider picture and ask what schools are for, Helen Kinsey says it is a false economy not to be supporting the most vulnerable. Plus a letter from Andrew Seber

The Guardian - UK

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Send crisis in England and Wales leaving children more vulnerable, says report

Experts point to increased risk of criminal and sexual exploitation and call for urgent action from government

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Bridget Phillipson’s sound advice: schools should focus on belonging

Editorial: A shift in priorities that emphasises pupil wellbeing not just exam results could improve attendance

Evening Standard

Nearly one in three pupils in England given extra time in exams, says regulator

The total number of approved special access arrangements for GCSE, AS and A-level exams rose by 12.3% in the past year, according to Ofqual data.

The Independent UK

Live: Rachel Reeves delivers tax-raising Budget

In the first Labour Budget since 2010 – and the first delivered by a woman – Ms Reeves promised to ‘invest, invest, invest’.

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The Guardian - UK

Labour can find money for the great god of infrastructure – but what about actual people?

A new report lays bare the scandal of special needs provision, a crisis that sums up just how expensive austerity ends up being, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Parents trapped in special needs tribunal backlog as disputes surge by 50%

Waits of more than a year for hearings into councils’ failure to meet growing needs of Send children

The Independent UK

Special educational needs system ‘not delivering’ for families – watchdog

The NAO said the Government should introduce urgent reform to put SEN provision in England on a ‘financially sustainable footing’.

The Guardian - UK

One in four English councils ‘may seek bankruptcy bailout in next two years’

Survey finds one in 10 have discussed emergency support with government amid funding gap of over £2bn next year

The Guardian - UK

Special needs funding claims in English schools ‘increasingly being refused’

Financial pressures mean many councils are reluctant to issue top-up funding from high-needs budgets, say experts

The Guardian - UK

‘Incredibly disheartening’ decline in special needs pupil attainment in England

Pupils with Send slipping further behind peers in reading, writing and maths despite teaching and legislation gains

The Guardian - UK

The brutal battle to get help for children with special educational needs

Letters: Readers respond to John Harris’s article on the difficulties parents face in getting their children the services to which they are legally entitled

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