Special Needs Jungle
Special Needs Jungle is a volunteer-run, parent-led website covering SEND news, policy, and practical guidance - EHCPs, EOTAS, the SEND Tribunal, and SEND politics.
Posts from Special Needs Jungle, 10 posts
When "Easy Read" isn't easy: Why the SEND consultation risks excluding disabled children and young people
Why the Government's SEND consultation risks excluding disabled children and young people through inaccessible Easy Read materials.
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Fix SEND our way for 90% of SEND debt write off, Government tells councils. So much for co-production
The Government is writing off 90% of councils' SEND debt in exchange for swift compliance with its reform plans, raising questions about genuine co-production with families.
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Why the Government's "SEND conversation" fell flat with parents: It's failing to learn from voices of past experience
Argues the DfE's SEND consultation exercise repeated mistakes parent carers have already flagged from past reform attempts.
Leaking poorly thought-through plans and cuts to SEND rights will only end in tiers
Warns that leaking poorly thought-through plans and cuts to SEND rights ahead of formal announcement will only end in tears.
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Complex needs, simple cuts: how vague, undefinable labels could ration SEND support
How vague, undefinable labels and loose terminology in SEND reform proposals could become a roadmap for rationing who gets support.
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Accountability after SEND Reform: A system that marks its own homework
Argues the government's SEND reform proposals would shift statutory accountability from local authorities to schools while weakening the SEND Tribunal, leaving families less able to challenge individual decisions.
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Children died. The system looked away. Today, the Government is calling the human cost of cutting rights, "reform" [Part 1]
Special Needs Jungle provides parent-centred information, news and informed opinion on SEND, EHCPs, EOTAS, the SEND Tribunal and SEND politics.
The Government doesn't care about your views of the SEND Tribunal - it's already decided to kneecap it
The DfE's legal case reply shows it doesn't care about your views of the SEND Tribunal - it's decided to kneecap it.
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Are SEND lawyers REALLY opposing the Government's reform proposals just to protect their "vested interests"?
Eleanor Wright asks if SEND lawyers are really opposing the Government's proposals just to protect their own vested interests, as claimed.
SEND cash splash: What does it all add up to - and will ditching debt improve provision?
SNJ's Matt explains recent SEND funding announcements: what they mean, and whether they'll actually improve provision.
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