Mainstream schools will receive direct funding to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) as part of a £4bn package to make the system more inclusive. Targeted ...

Sir Keir Starmer's overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is finally out, but it seems much of the educational world, while broadly positive today, is withholding its ...

Pupils’ special educational needs will be met through a new layered system of support, with education, health and care plans reserved for only the most complex cases. Schools will be tasked with ...

Sir Keir Starmer has set out a £4 billion plan to reform the system for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Mainstream schools in England will receive direct ...

The press release for this dropped on Sunday, before the White Paper itself. We’re expecting the DfE to major on this extra funding when they unveil the White Paper later today (23/2/26) At the time ...

Bridget Phillipson says government is ‘not taking away support’ as she prepares to announce changes UK politics live – latest updates Bridget Phillipson has pledged that under the government’s ...

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson: "We are not going to be taking away effective support for children" The government will not be withdrawing "effective support" from children with special ...

The government will not be withdrawing "effective support" from children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) under its planned school reforms for England, the education secretary ...

Leaked plans for reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in England suggest ministers are planning a radical overhaul of how children get the support they need. In ...

The Liberal Democrats have called for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) services in England to be designated as critical national infrastructure to stop vulnerable children being ...

The rate of growth in demand for SEND-related support means that reforming the system presents a huge challenge (PA) The Department for Education has said that the SEND reforms will be confirmed in ...

Demand is rising at unsustainable rate and could cost £3.4bn by 2030-31, local authorities warn Families who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) should be means tested ...