On SNJ: Today we look at what’s in the #SENDReview Green Paper for young people aged 16-25? Ruth Perry of Natspec has looked hard but found few specifics specialneedsjungle.com/post-16-sendre…

#SENDReview and accountability: will the proposed changes bring a fairer and more just system? Matthew Keer investigates specialneedsjungle.com/sendreview-cha…

On SNJ Today: Matthew Keer examines the funding aspects of the #SENDReview Green Paper, and provides a bonus primer about how it all works. And it's illustrated with an #infographic from Tania Tirraoro FRSA - Special Needs Jungle wp.me/p3S8eh-7J9

Way back last Monday, Matt Keer brought you his first analysis of the #SENDReview Green Paper Chapter 5 : The missing accountability question. What are your thoughts? specialneedsjungle.com/sendreview-cha…

Have your say about how children with special educational needs and disabilities (#SEND) and other forms of education in England are supported by 22 July. Find out about how to have your say #SENDReview tinyurl.com/SENDReviewAllD… #EasyRead tinyurl.com/SENDEasyReadRe… Mary Busk

If you care about meaningful coproduction and involvement within health and ICB systems for children, adults and families please have a look at this consultation from NHS England the deadline is 30 May : engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation/w…

Have you listened to our latest SNJ in Conversation #podcast: SEND Minister Will Quince discussing aspects of the #SENDReview Green Paper. Do you agree with his proposals? specialneedsjungle.com/snj-conversati…

Never mind the SEND Review Green Paper - This is the real future of SEND! If you want to know the Governments real intentions behind the SEND Review, I would suggest careful consideration of the documents linked to in this post... linkedin.com/posts/shortlan…

This #CoProWeek, we're celebrating the amazing successes that Parent Carer Forums can achieve by working together with councils, schools and health providers to help co-produce local SEND services for disabled children. Find out more about what they do 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=O9Pf-J…

NEW POST: #SENDReview: IPSEA's Ali Fiddy sets out how planned SEND National Standards are an assault on the rights and entitlements of children and young people with SEND. If you haven't sent in your Green Paper response yet, now would be a good time. specialneedsjungle.com/sendreview-nat…

We work closely with the Department of Education SEND review team and need your help to inform our work. You can do this by completing the case studies on our website: nnpcf.org.uk/2022/10/25/cas…

Over 30 lawyers have joined us in calling on the Govt to abandon proposals in the #SENDReview Green Paper. Read our letter to the Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan: bit.ly/3TQ5ZWZ The system doesn’t need to be reformed again. It needs to be made to work.

Govt is pursuing proposal to restrict parents’ choice to “tailored list of settings”. Assumption that if you make specialist provision harder to access, mainstream schools will fill the gap. In reality, children with greatest needs are likely to fall through this gap. #SENLawConf

Tania Tirraoro FRSA - Special Needs Jungle Special Needs Jungle Golden ticket?? Parents have to challenge unlawful practice to get EHCPs that their children are entitled to. They then have to review and challenge a lack of provision via the tribunal and judicial review processes. All just to give their children an equitable chance in life.

Have you used your area’s SEND Local Offer website? Did you find what you were looking for? What’s your rating out of 5, with 3 being average? Here’s the law about #LocalOffer websites specialneedsjungle.com/the-law-on-sen…

Not really a surprise that LG & SC Ombudsman receives and upholds more complaints about education/children’s services than any other service area. But even we are stopped in our tracks at the news that 92% of families' complaints about SEN provision & EHC plans are upheld.

Don’t blame children with SEND and their families for councils going bankrupt. If local authorities provided the support children need (and are legally entitled to) first time, maybe £60m wouldn’t be wasted on tribunals each year – with 96% of these finding in parents’ favour.

What should we do about attendance? Here’s a pathway I hear way too often. Child manages primary school fine, is happy there and excited to go to secondary school. They start, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and like many eleven-year-olds they find the transition hard. It’s a big

Any report on #SEND which suggests scrapping the Tribunal and reducing rights doesn’t merit any further serious consideration

Just 1 Day Left! Parent carers & young people LAST chance to complete the Area SEND Inspection Survey for Redbridge. Your voice matters. Closes 9am tomorrow. Make it count. ofsted.smartsurvey.co.uk/p/A