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05 Feb 2019
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19 Mar 2021
Guidelines for parent carers looking for support with tribunals or disputes
This advice has been written for parent carers looking for support with tribunals or disputes. Whilst parents and youn…
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10 Mar 2021
Exclusion Resources - Equality and Human Rights Commission
To support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities who have been permanently excluded from school, the…
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22 Jan 2021
PPE portal for special schools and post-16 institutions and consultation on 2021 exams
PPE Portal On 19 January Special Schools and Special Post-16 Institutions (SPIs) across England should have receive…
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14 Jan 2021
Vicky Ford, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, writes open letter to children and young people with SEND January 2021
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21 Aug 2020
IASSN - First Phase Data Report 19/20
This National IASS Data Report contributes to an overview of the range and nature of IAS services. This data report is…
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21 Jul 2020
Joint Ministerial Letter on the full return to educational settings in September 2020
A joint ministerial letter has been published today from Minister Ford, Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Chi…
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09 Jul 2020
Ofsted and CQC to support local areas to prioritise and meet the needs of children and young people with SEND
Today, Ofsted announced that visits to local areas in autumn will focus on offering support to strengthen Special Educ…
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09 Jul 2020
Short Break Learning Examples
In our role as Strategic Reform Partner to the DfE, the Council for Disabled Children (CDC) have been identifying exam…
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Phillipa Stobbs, Assistant Director, Education, Council for Disabled Children
A recent piece of work by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education (the Agency) reviews a range o…
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08 Jul 2021
Next Steps on the SEND Review: A Blog from CDC
The cross-Government SEND review was launched over two years ago. Since then a huge amount of work has taken place, ev…
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Lessons Learnt From Lockdown: The highs and lows of the pandemic's impact on disabled children and young people
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