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UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

‘He is thriving now; a different child’: the battle to educate neurodivergent pupils

Parents of children with additional needs in England endure endless bureaucracy, but help is out there – and it is worth the fight

The Guardian - UK

Does the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana need a design change?

Hospitals in some States have reported they are owed hundreds of crores in dues, and some are reportedly turning away or taking in fewer Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana patients

The Hindu

One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds

Long waiting lists and insufficient resources part of system that is ‘failing’ children, according to NEU members in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

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How the system is rigged against children with special educational needs

Letter: Rebecca Lucas on the myriad reasons why families – and schools – are struggling to find support for children

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of children with special needs wait a year for support in England

In some areas young people have been waiting more than two years for plan detailing help they require, FoI reveals

The Guardian - UK

180 pupils a day in England given special needs support plan

Local authority deficits reach ‘unmanageable levels’ as half a million pupils get support

The Guardian - UK

Two families receive payout after council's 'failures' towards special educational needs children

Bury Council has apologised to the parents in both cases and said they have 'learned and responded' to the failings

Manchester Evening News

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Boy, 12, misses 7 months of school because of council error that left him without a place

James Yalçın, from East London, has missed the past academic year of classroom learning after an error at Waltham Forest Council over his special educational needs

Daily Mirror

Autistic child's family compensated after 'irreparable damage'

The council has been ordered to pay the family compensation due to delays in his education

Wales Online

Bristol City Council pays £3.8K compensation for leaving SEND girl without education for seven months

The council has apologised

Bristol Post

Bristol City Council pays £1,750 compensation for SEND student failures

Teenager was left six months without necessary support because of delays

Bristol Post

‘They just want parents to go away’: complaints soar as special needs schooling crisis spirals

Chronic underfunding of the Send system in England blamed for failure to offer children adequate support

The Guardian - UK

Mum accuses council of 'bullying' her into sending autistic son to mainstream school

Emma Peters claims that because her six-year-old son Lucky has an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP), he cannot attend a mainstream school - he was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a severe case of autism, about a year and a half ago

Daily Mirror

What kind of government attacks the rights of children with special needs?

The illiberal pattern is familiar, as ministers plan to change the rules and block avenues of resistance for parents who disagree, says Guardian columnist John Harris

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Bristol parents' struggle as SEND pupils 'educationally homeless'

As of January 2022 there were 32,700 children or young people in the UK with EHCPs outside of formal education

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