The number of tribunal appeals over local authority refusals to provide SEND support for children has rocketed by 55 per cent in a year, and the vast majority still find in favour of families

🚨 New figures reveal the DfE missed its target for postgraduate teacher trainees by 31% - the 10th miss in 12 years. 📉 Shortages hit hardest in key subjects, with record low primary trainees and 75% of secondary subjects missing targets. Action is overdue.

Labour announces £700m to improve access to mainstream schools for students with SEND. That’s approx £35,000 per school. It’s not enough and it’s not sustainable. The whole system needs to change. Scrapping high stakes testing and accountability measures would immediately improve access.

This is what happens when you allow the demonisation of asylum seekers. That such vulnerable people in such desperate need can experience such neglect and abuse is a source of national shame.

Really important strike to defend SEND services in Wirral: wirralneu.co.uk/2024/11/19/n... Send messages of support to [email protected]

41% of kids being told they’re not at expected standard at the age of 11 is a disgrace. Last chance to feee in to the government curriculum and assessment review… Email mailto:[email protected] #Curriculumandassessmemt #Primary #SATs #ToxicTesting

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This is the reality of a fragmented, high stakes testing education system. We need to change it, now. socialistworker.co.uk/news/send-cr...