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Part 2: The Invisible Lifeline: Why EOTAS is Non-Negotiable for the ‘Sanctuary Cohort’

Save Our Children’s Rights — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

This is Part two of yesterday's article about EOTAS, the out of school EHCP package that's been completely ignored in the SEND proposals of the Schools's White Paper. One of …

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Save Our Children’s Rights

The Invisible Lifeline: Why EOTAS is non-negotiable for the ‘Sanctuary Cohort’ Part 1

Save Our Children’s Rights — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

There is no denying the Government's Schools White Paper is a lengthy document with considerable detail about the reforms Labour wants to implement to our SEND system. But there is …

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Save Our Children’s Rights

Inclusion bases: Can they help solve the SEND crisis?

Special Needs Jungle — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

By Matt Walker, National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) We've covered the newly-renamed "Inclusion Bases"— previously known as resourced provision or SEN Units—quite a few times. They make up a …

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Educational Psychologists should be at the heart of SEND reform: supporting children, families and schools to thrive

Special Needs Jungle — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

By Dr Andrea Honess, Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Educational and Child Psychology The government’s Schools White Paper and SEND consultation set out some welcome ambitions for …

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DfE backtracks over consulting on planned SEND legal changes. Parents MUST respond to the consultation to say Not in Our Name!

Tania Tirraoro — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

The Department for Education doesn't seem to know whether it's coming or going. Yesterday it was forced to issue a "clarification" over its consultation; specifically, the bit where it said …

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Tania Tirraoro

Where will all the teaching assistants come from? The research exposing the reality gap in the government SEND plans

Tania Tirraoro — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

Today, we’re looking at a number of different research reports—most of them the Government’s own—that point to a growing mismatch between its mainstream inclusion ambitions and schools’ ability to recruit …

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Capital carrot, SEND steamroller: The Government’s evidence-light reform route isn’t waiting for anyone

Matt Keer — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

It’s been a month since the government announced the Schools White Paper and their consultation on SEND reform. The consultation’s still ongoing. If you need some inspiration or motivation to …

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Matt Keer

WEBINAR RECORDING! The legal implications of the Schools White Paper’s SEND Proposals

Tania Tirraoro — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

What a night, what a webinar... "The best webinar I've ever been involved with!" said one particularly notable personage. 1 hour and 30 minutes of questions peppered at an all-female …

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Tania Tirraoro

Not in our name: How manufacturing consent for proposed SEND reforms has broken the social contract.

Measure What Matters — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

Measure What Matters is unwavering in its commitment to examining how democratic principles are upheld in practice—with a focus on representation, transparency, and accountability. This is what we were built …

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The Government doesn’t care about your views of the SEND Tribunal—it’s already decided to kneecap it. We must not accept it

Special Needs Jungle — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

New article from Special Needs Jungle:

We seem to have gone from “your voice matters” to “decisions have already been made” in less than the blink of an eye. On the very day the Schools Minister, …

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