Today’s Department for Education announcement may mean families accused of FII who want to home educate are prevented from doing so by LAs Special Needs Jungle

This article really does get to the heart of the problems families of profoundly autistic children face as a result of campaigning by those with milder forms.

Inquiry to look at ‘huge task’ of special educational needs reform in England theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Link to my PBS Matters podcast PBSuk on definition and application of PBS open.spotify.com/episode/0g4Wml…

Disabled Children’s Social Care: How Should the Law Be Reformed? Free webinar with ChildrensLegalCentre & Garden Court Chambers discussing different perspectives on the potential changes to law regarding disabled children's social care. 🗓️ 22/04/25 ⏰ 5-6.30pm Register: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/free-web…

Why Baroness Hale is wrong to resist the Law Commission’s proposals to take disabled children out of the Children Act 1989: Prof Luke Clements and Dr Ana Aiello cerebra.org.uk/legal-rights/p…

Schools Week x.com/AdamHighcliffe…

No matter how the DfE and its cherry picked advisors spin this, the truth is this move is attractive because it removes legal rights from the vast majority of SEND kids. LAs/schools will be able to act with inpunity & parents will have no recourse schoolsweek.co.uk/ehcp-shake-up-…

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SEND tribunal judges told their services are no longer needed. For disabled, Deaf & neurodivergent children they are the only means of accountability and redress in a system that prevents resources reaching them to support them to learn. What's going on? lawgazette.co.uk/news/governmen…

The Chancellor has confirmed there will be a schools white paper in autumn, which will include the Govt's plans for SEND reform. Constant rumours and speculation about what reform might look like is hugely unsettling for families. We urge the Govt to be clear on its intentions.

Again and again, we are shocked by the treatment of learning-disabled people. Yet we never learn from the past | John Harris | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Hundreds of parents are being falsely accused of a rare form of abuse when they demand help for their unwell children. Elly Chapple was forcibly separated from her daughter for 8 months while being scrutinised. My investigation for the Sunday Times thetimes.com/article/720f66…

When Georgia Gould was leader of Camden, the LA used a notoriously thuggish outfit for its SEND Tribunal casework, Baker Small Legal Services During Gould's tenure, Camden paid Baker Small over £1.2m, according to the council's own payments data

New transport survey for 16-19 year olds has launched! 📝 Transport to school and college is a hot topic – and under HUGE scrutiny, with the National Audit Office releasing a report at the end of October and the Public Accounts Committee (a body of MP’s tasked with scrutiny of

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