Special educational needs

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UK chief auditor ‘open to learning’ from Musk
NAO’s Gareth Davies says healthcare and special educational needs systems are becoming unsustainable

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

04, Feb, 2025 @6:43 PM

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Ethnicity not key factor in England school exclusions, study finds
Exclusive: Researchers say poverty and special educational needs are main reason – but equality campaigners urge caution

Richard Adams Education editor

31, Jan, 2025 @7:00 AM

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How disabled adults are sidelined by social care | Letters
Letters: Charging people on benefits for care in their homes causes real financial hardship, writes Claire Bolderson, while Jill Souter worries for the future of the charity that cares for her daughter. Plus, letters from Ray Downing and John Beer

26, Jan, 2025 @5:18 PM

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Shut away and ignored: thousands of disabled adults are at the frontier of the human rights struggle | John Harris
When you attend your local choir or yoga class, just stop and think – where are the disabled adults, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

John Harris

19, Jan, 2025 @2:06 PM

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UK politics: Streeting does not want ‘corridor care’ in UK hospitals to be normalised – as it happened
Health secretary says treating patients in corridors because no beds available in wards is ‘undignified’ – but eradicating practice will take time

Andrew Sparrow

15, Jan, 2025 @6:05 PM

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Send crisis in England risks creating ‘lost generation’ of children
Many local authorities facing bankruptcy as government criticised for lack of urgency

Sally Weale Education correspondent

15, Jan, 2025 @7:00 AM

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The ideal way to assess special needs | Letter
Letter: We must abandon the current system of individualised demand for one founded on the benefits of cooperation, says Hugh Williams

10, Jan, 2025 @5:52 PM

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A plan for better special needs assessment | Letter
Letter: John Wright highlights three improvements that parents and professionals should fight for with regard to the process for obtaining EHCPs for children

05, Jan, 2025 @5:16 PM

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Early intervention is vital to end the special needs crisis | Letters
Letters: The national curriculum isn’t working, say former teachers Pauline Silcock and Celia Roberts. Plus a letter from Coram CEO Dr Carol Homden

Letters

29, Dec, 2024 @5:23 PM

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Colin Robson obituary
Other lives: Psychologist and behavioural scientist whose research included evaluation projects in special educational needs provision

Pat Robson

29, Dec, 2024 @4:34 PM

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Children with special needs are now the focus of the culture war and the budget debate – Labour must tread carefully | John Harris
With the yawning gap between available funding and rising demand, parents are right to fear the government’s reaction, says Guardian columnist John Harris

John Harris

29, Dec, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Send provision in ‘vicious downward spiral’, says former children’s commissioner
Anne Longfield urges government to act on early intervention and support for children with complex needs

Jessica Murray

23, Dec, 2024 @12:00 PM

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