Special Needs Jungle
“Covid babies” and plans for SEND Reforms: Are We Creating a Forgotten Generation?
Why learners who rely on AAC Assistive Tech risk losing out under the SEND reform proposals
Autistic teenage campaigner Tee Jay petitions Parliament to protect SEND Rights: Sign his petition!
Join the May 9th #SaveOurChildrensRights SEND Protest in London or a regional location
Experts At Hand: A good idea built on wishful thinking and shaky foundations
SEND reforms: Where are care-experienced children?
The SEND reform reality check: Why experts’ and policymakers’ concerns are growing under scrutiny
When hope has been drained, families struggle to trust promises to fix SEND
Part 2: The Invisible Lifeline: Why EOTAS is Non-Negotiable for the ‘Sanctuary Cohort’
The Invisible Lifeline: Why EOTAS is non-negotiable for the ‘Sanctuary Cohort’ Part 1
Inclusion bases: Can they help solve the SEND crisis?
Educational Psychologists should be at the heart of SEND reform: supporting children, families and schools to thrive
DfE backtracks over consulting on planned SEND legal changes. Parents MUST respond to the consultation to say Not in Our Name!
Where will all the teaching assistants come from? The research exposing the reality gap in the government SEND plans
Capital carrot, SEND steamroller: The Government’s evidence-light reform route isn’t waiting for anyone
WEBINAR RECORDING! The legal implications of the Schools White Paper’s SEND Proposals
Not in our name: How manufacturing consent for proposed SEND reforms has broken the social contract.
The Government doesn’t care about your views of the SEND Tribunal—it’s already decided to kneecap it. We must not accept it
Consultation: Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school. What’s new, what’s missing and what you need to know
The SENCO as gatekeeper: The White Paper proposals bring a responsibility of opening doors, not closing them
Are SEND lawyers REALLY opposing the Government’s reform proposals just to protect their “vested interests”?
Accountability after SEND Reform: A system that marks its own homework
Rights on paper, not in practice: What the legal aid cuts warn us about the Government’s SEND reforms
Shutting down debate: The Government’s use of ‘Experts’ for SEND reform
REGISTER NOW: SNJ’s Schools White Paper SEND Legal Roundtable with Steve Broach KC, Hayley Mason-Seager, IPSEA & SOS!SEN
MPs warn “unsustainable” SEND transport system fails families with disabled young people
When “Easy Read” isn’t easy: Why the SEND consultation risks excluding disabled children and young people
The 39 Steps: SNJ’s guidance and templates to help craft your response to the White Paper SEND Consultation
Legal challenge launched against government SEND proposals that “significantly weaken the legal rights of children and young people”
Why “Specialist Provision Packages” are a Trojan horse, reducing the EHCPs rights of children with SEND
Is the new Neurodivergence Taskforce report a compass for inclusion or a map to nowhere?
The SEND reforms in the Schools White Paper reveal rights given, and rights stripped away
Schools White Paper: What do we know so far about funding for SEND?
Part 2: The Testimonies. Children died; the system looked away. Will government SEND reforms make this scandal even worse?
Children died. The system looked away. Today, the Government is calling the human cost of cutting rights, “reform” [Part 1]
National Education Union’s Daniel Kebede: “Reforming SEND cannot be done on the cheap”
The Department for Education needs a plumber, better policymakers, less panic, and someone who truly understands SEND
A sceptics eye on government EHCP prep research shows the “deranged” numbers just don’t add up
SEND cash splash: What does it all add up to—and will ditching debt improve provision?
Professor Brian Lamb OBE: Parent’s shouldn’t have to police the SEND system
Inclusion bases: a new label, a big ambition, same unanswered questions
Fix SEND our way for 90% of SEND debt write off, Government tells councils, urging swift action on change. So much for co-production…
The “enormous burden” of admin and monetary costs to SEND families, supporting a system that should be supporting them
Evaluating SEND change: Promising prototypes, patchy proof
The law on SEND HAS NOT changed! But restricting EHCPs would be legally-sanctioned gatekeeping and a decimation of rights
National Education Union announces support for the #SaveOurChildrensRights campaign to protect SEND legal rights
Complex needs, simple cuts: how vague, undefinable labels could ration SEND support
Leaking poorly thought-through plans and cuts to SEND rights will only end in tiers
“We are living on a knife-edge” SENDCo research sounds thalarm about the high cost of mainstream inclusion
Why the Government’s “SEND conversation” fell flat with parents: It’s failing to learn from voices of past experience
£200 million for SEND training announced—but will there be anyone left to train?
Inclusion doesn’t just happen in mainstream school: being included in education and in life should be the goal
Campaigners and cross-party MPs hand in petition to #SaveOurChildrensRights. We’re just getting started
EXCLUSIVE: LAs largely ignored Government’s “strong recommendation” on how to spend SEND Capital cash
At 13, Functional Neurological Disorder changed my life forever—my EHCP’s therapy activities helped me get back outside
Leaks, denials, and fake conversations are no way to inspire parental confidence in Government SEND plans
Down Syndrome Act Guidance Consultation: Why you should care (even if you don’t have Down’s syndrome)
MP says the abuse of SEND law is a “systemic, moral and ethical crisis” and schools must speak up
Tips to help you complete the Government’s National SEND Conversation survey (Don’t forget the law!)
The missing evidence of systemic maladministration in SEND—Teachers speak out Educators, share your experiences!
The complex SEND needs teacher training gap in mainstream schools and how to fix it
The £3 billion SEND funding extravaganza: We’ve crunched the numbers so you can ask the right questions
The 1% club: LAs win almost none of 25k SEND appeals, at an indefensible cost of over £200m. Plus, a shocking announcement
Boost support for children not in school, develop EOTAS guidance, and fund schools to be needs-led, say Ofsted and CQC inspectors
Focusing on ADHD and autism diagnosis won’t cut costs and wastes money that should be spent on urgent support
“Performative, chaotic and desperate” The DfE’s national SEND “conversation”
How Twinkl can support you during this festive period—and beyond. Grab free resources for SNJ readers for a limited time!
Jen’s Acorn: Offering vital school support to prevent more unnecessary tragedies like my daughter’s
#SpecialistFEWorksforMe: Help celebrate the importance of specialist further education!
ADHD and Autism Right To Choose referrals paused as at least nine NHS areas tell providers to stop booking assessments
What schools and parents need to understand about supporting autistic and neurodivergent children
Unauthorised Absence: SEND mum seeks funding for short film highlighting the injustice of punitive attendance policies
10 questions every parent should ask about SEND interventions–Plus a unique opportunity to join QTrobot Autism Research
Report: When asking for help causes harm: Why our systems are traumatising disabled children and their families
SEND changes will be “co-created”. Which means what, exactly? asks the Education Select Committee
Understanding Parent Blame: Stories of institutional failure and complex trauma BOOK GIVEAWAY!
Challenging SEND misinformation, one radio interview at a time
The privacy dangers for children and their families in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
What’s in the Curriculum and Assessment Review for children with SEND?
SEND funding reforms will be immensely painful—but the current situation is chaotic and sinking fast
The law on school transport, and why costs for getting disabled children to school are so high
NAO: Government must boost school transport data and ensure SEND plans don’t make it harder to attend
Chris Coghlan MP: LAs’ “lawbreaking, gaslighting and lying” is wrecking thousands of children’s lives
“It’s not a compliance issue—it’s a design failure” Psychologists call for action on mental health and “harmful” school policies
The law on SEND isn’t failing, it’s been systematically undermined from within, says independent public accountability group
SEND changes to be rethought—or just delayed? And what does “most complex needs” even mean?
Living with PoTS: Understanding Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia syndrome and how schools can help
Government must act on the “double disadvantage” of poverty and SEND policies says new report
Recognition for Renata and Tania as “Women of the Year”
Teachers fear education policy reforms will make things worse, not better, for children with SEND
Are behaviour-tracking apps harming SEND children and their families?
Why the Human Rights Act matters when advocating for your child with SEND
How to choose a speech and language therapist for your child with SEND: A guide for parents and carer
Consultation with parents and carers: What can the Government learn from the SEND Review?
SEND Inquiry report 3: How does the Education Committee want to fix SEND funding?
SEND Inquiry Report 2: Force the NHS to pay its fair share, plus fixing early years and post-16 education
SEND Inquiry Report 1: Strengthen inclusion—but don’t dilute SEND legal entitlements the Education Committee tells the Government
Reforming disabled children’s social care: a disappointing fudge as Law Commission rows back proposals
The SEND Petition Debate: MPs speak up for EHCP rights at the start of big week of SEND news
The risks and benefits of using artificial intelligence to power EHCPs