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Arts education is not an add-on for SEND education. It is the missing piece

Arts education is not an add-on for SEND education. It is the missing piece
A pilot project in Barking and Dagenham is proving the importance of arts education for children and young people with special educational needs
Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it

Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it
An anonymous teacher responds to the education secretary’s recent opinion piece, written for Big Issue
‘I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs’

‘I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs’
Katie Nellist is a young autistic woman who missed out on most of her secondary school education because of a lack of special education support. As the government consults on reforms to the system, Nellist writes about what must change
Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me
Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me
There’s a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
There’s a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Labour’s SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works

Labour’s SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
I’m worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms

I’m worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn’t help SEND children like my own
My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good

Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education
Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts
