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The number of tribunal appeals over local authority refusals to provide SEND support for children has rocketed by 55 per cent in a year, and the vast majority still find in favour of families
SEND tribunals soar by 55% and almost all side with families
Ministry of Justice reports 21,000 SEN appeals in 2023-24, up from less than 14,000 the year before
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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🚨 New figures reveal the DfE missed its target for postgraduate teacher trainees by 31% - the 10th miss in 12 years.

📉 Shortages hit hardest in key subjects, with record low primary trainees and 75% of secondary subjects missing targets. Action is overdue.
New entrant figures for Initial Teacher Training | National Education Union
Missed targets in 2024/25 illustrate the depth of the recruitment crisis.
buff.ly
December 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Labour announces £700m to improve access to mainstream schools for students with SEND. That’s approx £35,000 per school. It’s not enough and it’s not sustainable. The whole system needs to change. Scrapping high stakes testing and accountability measures would immediately improve access.
December 6, 2024 at 6:45 AM
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This is what happens when you allow the demonisation of asylum seekers.

That such vulnerable people in such desperate need can experience such neglect and abuse is a source of national shame.
November 23, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Really important strike to defend SEND services in Wirral: wirralneu.co.uk/2024/11/19/n...
Send messages of support to michael.farrelly@neu.org.uk
NEU Members at Wirral SEND Team Announce Further Strikes
The National Education Union (NEU) members at the Wirral Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Team have announced that they will commence a new wave of industrial action beginning from…
wirralneu.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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41% of kids being told they’re not at expected standard at the age of 11 is a disgrace.
Last chance to feee in to the government curriculum and assessment review…
Email mailto:curriculum-assessment.review@education.gov.uk #Curriculumandassessmemt
#Primary
#SATs
#ToxicTesting
November 21, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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The Guardian view on children’s homes: cap profits and don’t stop there | Editorial
The Guardian view on children’s homes: cap profits and don’t stop there | Editorial
Private sector reform is overdue, but councils need funding if young people are to have the chances they deserve Curbs on profiteering in the children’s social care sector cannot come soon enough. It is getting on for three years since the Competition…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
This is the reality of a fragmented, high stakes testing education system. We need to change it, now.

socialistworker.co.uk/news/send-cr...
‘Broken system denied my disabled son education’
Spencer is an 11 year-old living in Derbyshire who suffers from a rare genetic condition. It affects every bone and organ in his body, meaning he has special education needs. He’s just finished primar...
socialistworker.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 8:33 PM