The government may have backed away from plans to scrap some legal rights for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), but concerns remain over the impact of its reforms to the system, says Anita...
Child and family welfare
The Department for Education (DfE) has published findings from the second wave of the Children of the 2020s longitudinal study in England, measuring the circumstances and outcomes of children and their families. The...
Government to fund allowances for kinship carers under £126mn pilot
The introduction of financial allowances for kinship carers under a £126 million government trial has been hailed as a “life-changing” measure for cash-strapped families, campaigners have said. The per-child allowances...
Kinship carers in England to be given financial support in government pilot
Grandparents who step in to provide full-time care for their grandchildren to prevent them being taken into care will be given guaranteed financial support under a government pilot scheme. Read the full article on this...
SEND reforms: 10 headline changes and sector reaction
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...
Educational psychologist recruitment drive to tackle SEND pressures
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...
