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Why provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken in England – and how to fix it

The capacity of the education sector to meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities is broken, according to education secretary Bridget Phillipson.

The Conversation · Jul 30, 2024

‘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 · Jun 5, 2024

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 · May 2, 2024

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 · May 18, 2023

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 · Mar 31, 2023

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 · Dec 28, 2022

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

The council has apologised

Bristol Post · Oct 21, 2022

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

Teenager was left six months without necessary support because of delays

Bristol Post · Oct 17, 2022

‘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 · Sep 3, 2022

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 · Aug 30, 2022