17/06/2025 - 10:26
One in four children who are entitled to free school meals in special schools aren’t taking them up, according to an Adapt-Ed study.
29/05/2025 - 10:36
Approximately 300,000 neurodivergent children across 1,200 primary schools will be able to access better support, thanks to a £9.5 million funding package for the Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) programme.
15/05/2025 - 09:31
More than 240,000 pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are set to benefit from a national programme to improve access to PE and school sports, which has been backed by £300,000 for the first year.
17/03/2025 - 09:39
Schools across Wales will receive a £20 million boost to create new and improved classrooms and equipments for children and young people with additional learning needs (ALN)
28/02/2025 - 11:10
The Education Committee has urged the government to use its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to remove the requirement to apply for free school meals for eligible children from low-income families.
07/02/2025 - 09:35
The Speech, Language and Communications Alliance was officially launched at The Houses of Parliament. The Alliance was created to foster better support for children and young people with speech, language, and communication challenges in the UK
30/01/2025 - 09:33
Scotland has announced a £1.6 million fund for people with learning disabilities to allow them to reach their full potential.
15/01/2025 - 10:53
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has published a report which urges the government to take action to improve support for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN).
14/01/2025 - 10:05
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published guidance for their next visits that will look at how well children with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND) are being supported.
16/12/2024 - 10:46
The minister for further and higher education, Vikki Howells, met staff and learners from the Cwmbran D/deaf Choir on a visit to the Newport Campus, and saw their Christmas concert.
20/11/2024 - 11:08
A report published in collaboration with Ofsted finds that widespread youth violence across the country disproportionately affects children with special educational needs.
11/11/2024 - 12:19
A new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) and the Centre for Youth and Education (CfEY) has revealed the need for targeted efforts to increase post-16 participation in STEM subjects for currently underrepresented groups.
18/10/2024 - 10:45
The education minister for Northern Ireland, Paul Givan, has launched a new project called Language Launchpad to support the development of speech, language and communication in early years.
15/10/2024 - 10:00
A new report from the Children’s Commissioner has revealed that children with suspected conditions like ADHD, autism, cerebral palsy and a range of mobility and speech, language and communication difficulties are being left without appropriate support for years.
14/10/2024 - 09:53
This includes a ‘joystick’, which can be used to perform and compose music and is particularly good for pupils in wheelchairs or those with limited motion.
