SEND Crisis – Bankrupt Councils
The SEND funding crisis, throughout the country, has become so severe that this funding alone could bankrupt an entire council; there are simply too many children with SEND and not enough funding to help the students. Parents are currently losing confidence in mainstream schools, who are meant to provide education to their children who have […]
Vulnerable SEND Pupils with No Plans
In England, there are many young students with SEND in the classroom who have Education, Health and Care Plans however there are numerous individuals who are vulnerable because they have not been given an EHCP. NAO (National Audit Office) reported that of the 1.3 million children in England with SEND receive high quality support throughout […]
Fifth of Councils in Trouble Financing SEND
Every council in the country needs to fund special education needs and disability for each child, however a report released today has shown that at least 30 councils are struggling to meet the demands for SEND. If a council struggles to meet demand, they must submit a financial recovery plan to the Education and Skills […]
Bullying in Schools – What Can We Do?
The number one concern with young people in modern times is bullying of some sort with most of it starting at school; research released this week have stated that 60% of secondary pupils have experienced bullying. This comes as Rikama Education, who reported earlier this week, on Jeremy Wright who warns of social media operators […]
SATs – Branding Children as Failures
As all primary educators will know, SATs results were released yesterday, and most news outlets are headlining the positives of two-thirds of Year 6’s achieved their expected grades. Is two-thirds an acceptable amount? Thirty-three per cent failed to meet their grades, these year 6 children will have to be told that they have failed just […]
