London Council SEND Staff Resignations Trigger Care Plan Backlog

Mainstream schools to receive extra funding for SEND pupils as part of £4bn package

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the government is "fiercely ambitious for children and young people with SEND", who deserve a system that "lifts them up".

Major redevelopment plan triggers environmental screening in Hemel Hempstead

Dacorum Borough Council planning applications: latest home extensions, tree works, business alterations and property changes in Hemel Hempstead and…

Latest planning applications and decisions around Northwich and Winsford

EACH week Cheshire West and Chester Council receives and makes decisions on planning applications across the borough.

Liverpool Council will have to make more than £50m in budget cuts - Liverpool Echo

The city council will confirm its budget next month

Geordie Greig: Labour’s SEND reforms are ‘really about money’

Bridget Phillipson speaks passionately about her desire to improve support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), but her proposed reforms are "really about money," Geordie Greig told Laura Kuennsberg on Sunday (22 February). This week, Labour is due to publish its plans to reform the SEND system. Children will reportedly have plans setting out their right to support reviewed under changes to be set out by the educa…

Ministers lay out plans to reduce gap between poorest and most affluent pupils - UK politics live

The government plans to halve the attainment gap in EnglandBridget Phillipson is asked about the government’s school reforms, namely around those concerning children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in England.Trevor Phillips points out to her that there are 1.7 million children with special educational needs, nearly 500,000 of whom are school pupils. He says the proportion of children with education, health and care (EHCP)…