NHS ombudsman warns of years-long waits and patients paying thousands to go private as demand for services soars
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The Centre for Young Lives has published its annual State of the Nation report, collating data and indicators to track trends in poverty, mental health, education, safeguarding, housing, special educational...
The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kinship Care has published a new report on the experiences of children who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who are raised by kinship carers...
Campaigners say supreme court judgment on deprivation of liberty safeguards introduces ‘regressive legal standard’
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Seven days of dedicated content across the BBC will be broadcast on TV, iPlayer, Radio, Sounds and Online
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Government plans to make mainstream schools more inclusive for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are at risk unless support is spread more evenly across the education system, researchers...
Carer’s allowance turns 50 this year, but it’s no reflection of the labour of the millions who cook, clean and nurse behind closed doors.
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Poll of 10,000 teachers also finds ‘overwhelming’ exam anxiety and rising absenteeism linked to poor mental health
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The government has unveiled plans to overhaul the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in what is set to be the biggest shake up in education policy for more than a decade. SEND Reform: Putting...
The Department for Education has pledged £26 million to recruit and train more educational psychologists, as latest research reveals their time is often dominated by administration linked to the growing workload in...
A year-long commission has been launched by Mind to examine AI and mental health after a Guardian investigation exposed how Google’s AI Overviews, which are shown to 2 billion people each month, gave people “very...
One in six autistic pupils have not been to school at all since the start of this academic year, according to a new survey which found that mental health issues were often behind high levels of school absence. Read the...
The Sensory Lives project at King’s College London has published a report presenting key findings from a UK-wide call for evidence focused on families living in temporary accommodation with neurodivergent children...
