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Our education system only really works for some children, writes professor of psychology Umar Toseeb, and the government’s plans for special educational needs reform won’t change that

A Sendco shares ideas on how to create meaningful action plans for students that prove that interventions to boost wellbeing and academic outcomes aren’t incompatible

Schools are increasingly being forced to make ‘trade-offs’ on staffing, class sizes and levels of support because of squeezed funding, report warns

With greater policy focus on both oracy and inclusion, speech, language and communication needs are under the spotlight, says Megan Dixon, and a free database can offer schools support

The rising costs that schools are facing could undermine the government’s White Paper plans, the NAHT’s general secretary tells the union’s annual conference

Commons Education Select Committee chair Helen Hayes raises concerns over government SEND reforms

The number of permanent exclusions in the spring term is the highest ever, DfE data shows, and growing proportions of SEND and disadvantaged students are being suspended

Many pupils with vision impairment are not being given enough support to reach their full potential, writes Lucy Chetty

Schools with an above-average number of pupils with SEND are more likely to be marked down by watchdog for attendance and behaviour, analysis finds

Cambridgeshire County Council hopes artificial intelligence will address ‘significant and growing’ EHCP workload

Unwritten rules and behaviour norms create barriers for autistic pupils, which is why all schools need to be mindful of their practices and be prepared to adapt, says this director of a special-school trust

Listening in class is associated with behaviours like sitting still and making eye contact, but these expectations can be difficult for some children to meet, says Rebekah Boylan