Multi-academy trusts (MATs) should create the role of "director of SEND" to help with inclusion, report from National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has suggested.

The government is investing £850 million for councils to create 60,000 new places for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and in Alternative Provision (AP) in mainstream and special schools.

Almost 120 school places for pupils with SEND will be created in Haringey.

HFL Education has created a boxset of peer-to-peer webinars in an attempt to tackle student absences.

2021 nasen award winners announced

The winners of nasen’s fifth annual Awards were revealed in a glittering celebration at the Waldorf Hilton in London on Friday.

New SEND places in Leeds under consultation

Consultation is underway in Leeds on plans for a new special free school for children and young people with SEND.

SEN funding must support deaf students

Campaigners have called for an end to the current ‘funding crisis’ in deaf education.

Give mainstream schools SEN incentives

Councils have argued that mainstream schools should be incentivised to take in more children with special needs.

The Department for Education (DfE) has announced funding of £31.6 million to train more Educational Psychologists.

Teaching of deaf children 'heading for crisis' warns Association

National Deaf Children’s Society says the number of specialist teachers has fallen by 15% in the last seven years

Deaf children falling behind at GCSE, says NDCS

National Deaf Children's Society: "These figures show the true depth of the crisis engulfing deaf education in this country."

Nationwide mental health trials set to recruit more schools

The study will run until 2021 and aims to give schools new evidence about what works best for students’ mental health.

Half a billion funding gap risk for SEND

Children with special educational needs and disabilities are facing a potential funding gap this year of more than half a billion pounds.

£50m for improved SEND support in Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Council is investing £50 million in special schools to transform SEND support for local children and young people.

Exclusion of an autistic boy ruled unlawful

A court has ruled that the exclusion of an autistic boy was unlawful as ‘aggressive behaviour is not a choice for children with autism’.

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