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A Review of Support for Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in England

September 20, 2019 in News

Author: Holly Blacklaws In September 2014 the Government substantially changed the system for supporting children and young people with SEND. These reforms were under the …

School Uniform Exclusion

September 10, 2019 in News

Author: Holly Blacklaws A recent article on BBC News brings attention to exclusions which have resulted from strict uniform policies. We will discuss the legality …

Pupils as young as four have knives on them, figures reveal

August 28, 2019 in News

Over a thousand children were caught carrying knives in schools, with the youngest aged just four years old, new figures reveal. This figure has more …

A Level Results

August 19, 2019 in News

Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their A Level results on Thursday 15 August 2019. It is always an incredibly emotional time, often …

Special Educational Needs funding ‘completely inadequate’

August 5, 2019 in News

In April 2018 the Education Select Committee opened an enquiry to look into the state of School and College funding in England. The enquiry was …

Pupils five times more likely to be excluded from mainstream schools

July 30, 2019 in News

The Department for Education has now published the updated statistics for the permanent and fixed period exclusions that were issued in England from 2017 – …

Parents threaten legal action over school uniform policy

July 30, 2019 in News

Priory School, in East Sussex has banned female students from wearing skirts after changing their uniform policy to become gender neutral. The decision to amend …

Is Special Educational Provision worked out by Need or Outcomes?

July 8, 2019 in News

Since 2014, following the creation of Education and Health and Care Plans (EHCP) there has been much discussion about the new “outcomes” section contained within …

Guilty student produces gun on 3D printer

June 28, 2019 in News

A student printed two guns using a 3D printer whilst claiming they were props for a University Film project. In what is believed to be …

SEND marches planned across 25 locations

May 29, 2019 in News

On the 30th June thousands of parents of children with SEND issues (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) are to protest at cuts to funding that …