Specialist Sector

Monday

28th Nov 2022

SEND plan delayed until next year, minister confirms
Reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities system will no longer be set out by the end of the year
Road closed

Friday

4th Nov 2022

Exclusive: Special schools warn over ‘critical’ support staff cuts
Leaders fear that squeezed budgets could lead to staff cuts that impact on the safety of pupils or employees
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Exclusive

Friday

7th Oct 2022

‘DfE promises SEND improvement plan by Christmas’
Exclusive: Dame Christine Lenehan says Kit Malthouse has committed to producing an improvement paper this year following the SEND review
SEND leaders say the sector has been told a DfE improvement plan on SEND will be produced before Christmas.

Tuesday

13th Sep 2022

Special schools fighting ‘tooth and nail’ to keep hydrotherapy pools
Leaders say they are stuck in an ‘impossible’ situation – as they need to keep the pools open for their pupils despite ‘huge’ costs
Hydrotherapy Pool

Thursday

1st Sep 2022

Views sought on disabled students’ transition to life after school
Survey will assess support available for disabled children and young people in Scotland as they move into adulthood
Views sought on disabled pupils’ transition to life after school

Tuesday

16th Aug 2022

New route opens up for school leavers with complex needs
The new college will plug a gap in provision that means Scottish students with complex needs can be forced to move to England
Guides

Sunday

29th May 2022

UK’s oldest school appoints first female head after 1,425 years
School founded by the first Archbishop of Canterbury in 597 and that can count Christopher Marlowe among its former pupils announces Jude Lowson will become head in September 2023
Jude Lowson will be the first female head in the King's School 1425 year history

Friday

27th May 2022

State schools to help shape key independent sector gathering
Independent and prep schools want teachers and school leaders from all backgrounds to join them in Edinburgh this October
State schools to help shape key independent sector gathering

Monday

23rd May 2022

ASN pupils face ‘unacceptable’ variations in support
NASUWT highlights a ‘failure to provide an adequately resourced and equitable system’ to children with additional needs in Scotland
ASN pupils face 'unacceptable' variations in support

Thursday

12th May 2022

EHCP demand hits ‘record high’ in pandemic
More than one in five requests for education, health and care plans were rejected last year but close to half a million children and young people now have one
The number of applications for EHCPs reached a record high last year new data shows.

Wednesday

11th May 2022

SEND review: DfE apologises for accessible consultation delay
The Department for Education’s most senior official says sorry to people who have had to wait six weeks for accessible versions of its SEND plans
The DfE has apologised to people over the wait they have faced for accessible versions of the SEND Review

Monday

9th May 2022

SEND review consultation extended
DfE pushes back deadline by three weeks after belatedly publishing British Sign Language and easy-to-read versions of its plans
SEND, review, extended