Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Lawrence Manyara, Shailesh "Sam" Surve, Ebba Ushe and Radhikaben Mahant with twins Louis and Logan KS

Sand-friendly wheelchairs enabling kids and adults to enjoy beach days

Mr Hodgson with some of the Sandhill View Academy pupils on the school's farm.

School's farm engages pupils and improves attendance and behaviour

Education secretary and Sunderland MP, Bridget Phillipson, has been speaking about a proposed new £4bn investment in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision.

Bridget Phillipson unveils £4bn package for pupils with special needs

The Play For All collection includes nine inclusive play towers, five sensory-focused items, and 35 additional components.

Ad Feature Creative Play launches inclusive playground range

A therapy session at Burlington House

The 'neurodiverse' school combining in-house therapy and life skills

The survey reveals that girls with two or more characteristics of inequality are significantly more likely to not be active every day

Ad Feature Girls twice as likely not to take part in sport as boys, data shows

The Education Committee recommends the Government sets a national standard for the support children with SEND can expect in school

What the Government needs to do to fix the SEND system - new report

Students on phones at school table

Education training experts offer tips on the mobile phones in schools debate ami...

EHCPs are legal documents that ensure children with special educational needs get the support they need at school

EHCPs could be scrapped - why some experts say they're worth keeping

Four key areas of focus were identified in the curriculum review

Curriculum 'not working for all' - 4 things review says need changing

Certain demographics, including girls, appear to be getting identified as having SEN at lower rates

Three groups of children whose SEN needs may be going unrecognised

Jamie Oliver has spoken out about the impact dyslexia had on his school experience

Jamie Oliver to front new documentary on dyslexia and UK school system

All three of the new schools aim to fill a local need

A look at three new schools set to open in England in 2025

Emma Steel is the head of Every Cherry, which creates and publishes more accessible books

Meet the woman behind ground-breaking new books for children with SEND

There have been concerns that private schools raising fees in response will edge out many families

Explainer Why private schools will be taking on the Government in legal battle

Labour is engaging with the SEND community to hear views and experiences as we it sets the direction for reform.

Bridget Phillipson MP: Labour will build a system where every child is able to a...
Last week’s report from the National Audit Office (NAO) laid bare what many families in Sunderland and across the country already knew: the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system left behind by the Conservatives is broken.
Bridget Phillipson MP

Here's what has been announced for education in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' first Budget

Budget day: What has been announced for schools and education?

Current SEN spending is putting councils in a tricky position, the report says

Special education system 'failing' - could next week’s Budget fix it?

More than 11 thousand children were considered missing from education at some point last year (Photo: Adobe Stock)

What we know about the thousands of children not enrolled in school

Vijayalakshmi Subramani from Sunderland who has won an Innovate UK’s Women in Innovation Awards.

Businesswoman ‘honoured’ after Women’s Day award win

Whitburn Church of England Academy has been downgraded to 'good' in its latest Ofsted inspection.

Ofsted has ‘raised the bar’ says academy head following latest inspection

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