Dr Sharon Smith writes a thoughtful article about how to make mainstream SEND support plans both statutory AND truly ...
Twinkl was founded in 2010 by husband and wife Jonathan and Susie Seaton, with a mission ‘to help those who teach’. The ...
How health and family support systems are failing children starting school. The real reasons children's school readiness has ...
Special Needs Jungle provides parent-centred information, news, special needs resources and informed opinion about SEND - Special educational needs and disability, Education, Health and Care Plans, ...
You can also watch Nicole participate in a two-part SNJ Conversation on the subject here. It seems that not a day goes by without a new Ofsted Report, inquiry or news article about systemic failings ...
Yesterday, England’s HM Courts and Tribunals Service issued their annual set of statistics about the activities of the Special Educational Needs and Disability First-Tier Tribunal (SENDIST). SENDIST ...
Famous for wearing her heart on her sleeve, Hayley writes award-winning blog Downs Side Up about life with her daughter Natty, who has Down’s syndrome. She has campaigned tirelessly for inclusion, ...
Well, that didn’t take long. It’s less than a week since the Government published long-awaited proposals for “reforming” the SEND system, and the first steps have already been taken in a legal ...
Dear Secretary of State for Education, Lucy Powell: an Open Letter from Special Needs Jungle and SEND legal charity SOS!SEN ...
Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced his autumn Budget. He also introduced the Spending Review – a document that sets out what the government will spend money on over the next three ...
“It’s not a compliance issue—it’s a design failure” say psychologists, calling for action on mental health and "harmful" school policies ...
In my most recent post on SNJ, I talked about how difficult it can sometimes be to identify when a child is having difficulty understanding and I offered some general principles for helping with ...