special educational needs

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Disabled children to benefit from funding for short breaks

Thousands of families with children with special educational needs supported with short breaks from theatre trips to outdoor activities helping to build vital skills

Thousands more families with children with special educational needs will receive support with short breaks, including theatre trips, hiking or craft workshops, as the scheme is expanded to 10 new areas of the country.

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Adoption charity warns SEND plan lacks ambition and urgency

Adoption UK welcomes many of the government proposals, which were recently announced, to improve the way children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are supported in schools in England. However the organisation warns that the plan lacks urgency and misses opportunities to improve support for some of the most vulnerable pupils.

Adoption UK’s research* shows that 82...

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Transformational reform begins for children and young people with SEND

Plan for better, fairer access to high quality special educational needs and disabilities support.

Children and young people across England with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision (AP) will get high-quality, early support wherever they live in the country.

The SEND and AP improvement plan published today (Thursday 2 March) confirms...

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New Ofqual guidance on making assessments accessible for students

Strong support in consultation for guidance published today to benefit students with SEND.

Students are to benefit from updated Ofqual guidance on how to make exams and other assessments as accessible as possible to all. 

The new guidance is published today following a 12-week consultation , in which there was strong support from respondents, students and their representatives,...

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Support SEND Kids secures funding to fast-track creation of pioneering EHCP

Support SEND Kids secures funding to fast-track creation of pioneering EHCP digital workflow

24th March 2022: Support SEND Kids , a charity focused on helping children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) access the right educational support, has today announced that it has secured a grant of just under £10,000 from the Worship Company of Information Technologists (...

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