Opinion: SEND

Policy must better promote local SEND collaboration

Our recent work in Lambeth shows that government could quickly drive up SEND capacity nationally by incentivising partnerships between...

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Abrilli Phillip and Dr Sam Parrett
Opinion: SEND

Ten principles on which to build a new SEND system

Confederation of School Trust chief executive Leora Cruddas CBE sets out guiding principles for a reset of how we...

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Leora Cruddas
Opinion: SEND

Five reforms the select committee SEND inquiry must deliver

Creating a system that meets the needs of all learners will require training, new incentives, support, guidance and investment

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Georgina Durrant
Opinion: SEND

Four reasons everyone should try working in AP

Reflecting on nine months leading my trust’s alternative provision, working in the sector is an experience everyone should have

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Keziah Featherstone
Opinion: SEND

Labour must rethink its policy of managed decline for specialist provision

£740 million to increase mainstream capacity for specialist provision risks a boon to hedge funds and a disaster for...

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Warren Carratt
Opinion: SEND

Blaming and shaming won’t help solve the SEND crisis

Stirred by over-simplified punditry, Hugh Greenway sets out the real problems dogging SEND provision – and some ideas for...

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Hugh Greenway
Opinion: SEND

SEND reforms must be based on evidence, not opinion

From funding to policy making, our current models are not fit to deliver an inclusive education system and must...

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Dr Peter Gray
Opinion: SEND

Unreformed, England’s SEN system is financially unsustainable

A new report from the National Audit Office lays bare the financial crisis related to SEND provision and makes...

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Emma Willson
Opinion: SEND

Cutting minimum funding to plug high needs deficits is wrong

Top-slicing school budgets to fill councils' high needs black hole is already a go-to. Government must rethink backing the...

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Caroline Derbyshire