In this episode of SNJ in Conversation, we're talking Teaching Assistants, their role & how schools can use them effectively ...

SNJ Mental Health Editor, Angela Kelly looks depper into why children can be traumatised by just going to school ...

Disabled children who need social care support face a confusing, outdated and unfair set of laws, which make it difficult, if not impossible, to access the care and support that could improve their ...

It seems like an ice age since the last time we this rather than just a year – but yesterday, the Department for Education published their annual statistical summary of Education, Health and Care ...

Relax everyone, ISOS Partnership, the research darlings of local government, have fixed SEND for us all with a new offering, and what a behemoth of unwanted change it is. Junk the SEND Tribunal, cut ...

Matt (he/him) has two deaf children. He has over 20 years of experience grappling with the SEND system as a parent, and he’s seen the best and the worst that the SEND system offers. Matt specialises ...

Recently, right-wing think tank, Policy Exchange, decided to insert itself into the SEND arena with a report it claimed “identifies how poor incentives have driven overdiagnosis of mental ill health ...

Yesterday, England’s HM Courts and Tribunals Service issued their annual set of statistics about the activities of the Special Educational Needs and Disability First-Tier Tribunal (SENDIST). SENDIST ...

2020 is a year that most of us will be glad to see the back of. But before we kiss it good riddance, here’s a quick look at some figures published yesterday about the Special Educational Needs and ...

Why the Human Rights Act matters when advocating for your child with SEND. Annie Smith from BIHR explains how parents can use the HRA in SEND ...

Natalia James is a PhD candidate researching classroom behaviour-tracking apps, with particular focus on students from marginalised backgrounds, including Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ...

Recently, the group focused on Surrey County Council and its woeful track record on delivering provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities. Surrey, despite being a ...