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Special educational needs

May 2026

  • Uniformed male and female students moving between classes

    Ofsted inspections pushing headteachers to ‘point of destruction’, union chief says

    NAHT leader says schools watchdog for England does not raise standards, amid opposition to ‘Nando’s-style’ scoring

April 2026

  • Primary students taking a test

    Fixing systemic problems with Send funding and inclusion

  • Green Party leader Zack Polanski on the campaign trail earlier this month.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Polanski criticised for reposting comment suggesting police arresting Golders Greens suspect used excessive force – as it happened

  • Pupils skip during playtime at a primary school

    Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds

  • Children put their hands up in a classroom

    English councils need to hire 1,400 more educational psychologists, says report

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Reeves condemns Trump’s decision to launch war against Iran as ‘folly’– as it happened

  • Other lives
    Andy Sutch obituary

March 2026

  • Teacher doing marking and looking stressed

    Lack of specialist staff hinders support for Send children, teacher survey finds

  • Children sitting in a school assembly facing away from the camera

    Parents of Send pupils without EHCPs are least satisfied with schools, survey in England finds

  • A learning support assistant with a child in the classroom.

    Top English schools take in half as many Send pupils as average comprehensive

  • Bridget Phillipson at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) conference in Liverpool on 13 March 2026.

    Why I had to turn to lawyers as the parent of a child with Send

  • Phillipson accuses lawyers of exploiting parents of children with special needs

  • Mainstream schools are not beneficial for all Send children

  • The Guardian view on schools: Send reforms aside, the government’s white paper lacks focus

February 2026

  • A learning support assistant with a child in the classroom.

    The Send system is in crisis – but what should change look like?

  • Keir Starmer listens as Bridget Phillipson speaks at a roundtable meeting in Downing Street

    Politics Weekly UK
    Send provision and student loans: will Labour’s changes backfire? – podcast

    Podcast27:55
  • Frances Ryan

    Labour’s Send reforms get this right: disabled children in mainstream schools is transformative for everyone

    Frances Ryan
  • Britain PoliticsBritain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson attend a breakfast club with students at St Anne's Catholic Primary School near Reading, England, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)

    Send plan for England gets cautious welcome amid workload concerns

  • Can Bridget Phillipson convince jaded families to have faith in Send changes?

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Met police arrest former British ambassador to US Peter Mandelson – as it happened

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