Can Relationships with Professionals in Mainstream Education Be Improved? Insights from Parent Carers of Children with Learning Disabilities Emma Foley, BA, MA, MBACP. Introduction As debates about the inadequacies of SEND provision and funding continue, especially in the wake of a general election, this blog focuses on an important aspect: the relationships […]
What an analysis of the party manifestos says about SEN/disability and inclusion? by Professor Brahm Norwich This blog discusses from a SEN/disability and inclusive education perspective the Education Policy Institute / Nuffield Foundation’s manifesto analysis by Jon Andrews, Shruti Khandekar, and Robbie Cruikshanks – General Election 2024 An analysis of manifesto plans […]
How to fix a broken system: Starting points for an equitable and inclusive education system in England under a new government. Francesca Peruzzo, Research Fellow in Education Policy and Equity Education Equity Initiative – University of Birmingham With elections approaching, in this blog post I suggest three starting points for the new […]
Election manifestos have ignored post-16 SEND David Holloway Senior Policy Manager – SEND, Association of Colleges The manifestos published by UK political parties in June 2024 were unanimous about one thing: special education needs and disabilities (SEND) policy is all about schools. The Conservatives and Reform UK promise more special free schools, or […]
Fair funding for pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability in England? School funding formulas have been applied across a number of countries for at least the last 50 years. A national funding formula (NFF) was introduced in England in 2018 with the aim to provide a platform for fair funding across the country. […]
Could a new government mark the end a decade of disruption and dysfunction in SEND? Rob Webster In England, SEND policy has tended to be written in the idiom of what the sociologist, Sally Tomlinson, calls ‘benevolent humanitarianism’. The words may be warm and well-meaning, but they mask, often unsuccessfully, understrength and incomplete […]
We would like to invite you to contribute research informed blog posts relating to the forthcoming UK General Election, taking place on 4 July 2024. The SEND system is in crisis. The Government has responded by putting in place the SEND & AP Improvement plan, currently being tested in nine different Change Programme […]
