3 key themes from our first Valuing SEND Shared Learning Event
Our recent Shared Learning Event discussed the pioneering role of Valuing SEND in achieving a more inclusive and financially sustainable SEND system.
February 6, 2020
Insights • education
Home-to-school transport: independence and influence
Reflections on the LGA's recent report, and the 3 key areas that need to be focused on
December 10, 2019
Rising number of EHCPs doesn’t tell the whole story
It was recently reported that the number of EHCPs in England rose 33% between 2015 and 2018, but this figure doesn’t capture the whole story.
May 28, 2019
Crisis in high needs funding – a symptom of the fractured education system
Funding isn’t keeping up with demand pressures, but neither is national policy
February 1, 2019
Tackling off-rolling by schools is welcome – but the problem is wider than that
The number of children being electively educated at home is rising, and they are hidden from view: Ofsted should get involved
January 22, 2019
Matter of Principle(s): Thinking about demand in SEND services
Nationally local authorities have experienced an increase demand for special educational needs and disability (SEND) services. However, because of the…
October 21, 2016
There’s still a role for LAs in education
Schools are asking sensible questions about whether enforced academisation is the best way forward. It has been done in a…
March 17, 2016
Behaviour change in education
According to Garth Stahl – an academic who spent three years researching why white working class boys were the worst…
March 3, 2016
