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WEBINAR RECORDING! The implications for children’s legal rights to EHCPs and EOTAS of the Government's SEND proposals — Special Needs Jungle
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (294+ words) Earlier this week, we jointly hosted a webinar with SEND legal charity, SOS!SEN on the implications for children’s legal rights to EHCPs and EOTAS of the Government’s SEND proposals. And, as if by magic, here is the recording. This…...
SEND WEBINAR: With SNJ and Minister Georgia Gould, Wednesday May 13th 7-8pm. REGISTER NOW! — Special Needs Jungle
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (340+ words) Squeaking in before the consultation close, we are delighted to bring you one last chance to interact with the Minister behind the Schools White Paper SEND Proposals, Georgia Gould MP. Many of you may have had a chance to participate…...
DfE backtracks over consulting on planned SEND legal changes. Parents MUST respond to the consultation to say Not in Our Name!
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (1083+ words) The Department for Education doesn't seem to know whether it's coming or going. Yesterday it was forced to issue a "clarification" over its consultation; specifically, the bit where it said it wasn't interested in your views about its plans to…...
Are SEND lawyers REALLY opposing the Government’s reform proposals just to protect their “vested interests”?
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (276+ words) Eleanor Wright is the Legal Officer for SEND law advice and support charity, SOS!SEN. SOS!SEN are part of the Save Our Children's Rights campaign The simple fact is, if no satisfactory accountability mechanism is built into the system,…...
Accountability after SEND Reform: A system that marks its own homework
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1773+ words) If you had to rank the things that parent carers want to see more than anything else in a reformed SEND system, stronger accountability would probably be top of the list. The Department for Education (DfE) heard that loud and…...
When “Easy Read” isn’t easy: Why the SEND consultation risks excluding disabled children and young people
6+ mon, 3+ day ago (751+ words) Many people and organisations, including us, welcomed that an Easy Read version of the SEND Consultation was published on the same day as the Schools White Paper and main SEND Consultation documents. That should have been a sign that disabled…...
Fix SEND our way for 90% of SEND debt write off, Government tells councils, urging swift action on change. So much for co-production…
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1733+ words) “Co-production is the golden thread that weaves through everything we do,” trumpet council presentations about changing SEND for the better. But it’s evident that the golden thread is is something of a mirage. The real deals go on behind closed…...
National Education Union announces support for the #SaveOurChildrensRights campaign to protect SEND legal rights
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (393+ words) The Save Our Children’s Rights campaign has had a boost today with the news that the National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest education union representing teachers, teaching assistants and support staff, is supporting our efforts to protect children and…...
Complex needs, simple cuts: how vague, undefinable labels could ration SEND support
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (812+ words) Yesterday, we dealt with leaks from “unnamed sources” in two national newspapers about the Government’s apparent plans to create multiple “tiers” of support. EHCPs would be reserved only for those with “severe” or “complex” needs. But what does that even…...
Campaigners and cross-party MPs hand in petition to #SaveOurChildrensRights. We’re just getting started
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (729+ words) Yesterday (12/1/26), many of the Save Our Children’s Rights team, including Tania, Renata, Gill, and Rachel from SNJ, descended on Downing Street to hand in the 133k-signature-strong petition that changed the conversation on SEND rights. Started by our campaign manager, Rachel…...