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Labour about to out-Tory Tories in regard to Special Needs provision for children. Rather than provide funding and proper support for SEND children, Labour are planning to simply remove the ability of parents to appeal local authorities' refusals to provide SEND support (98% get overturned by appeal). Locally, a failed project to replace proper diagnosis and specialist support with just vague, non-professional "support" by mainstream schools is already in place.
#SEND #ukeducation #ukpolitics

“SEND system in England falling apart at the seams – thanks to the Tories”

by Steve Topple in The Canary @thecanaryuk
@UKLabour

“As BBC News reported:

In a highly critical report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found a Send system ‘in disarray’, ‘mired in red tape, lacking funding, and failing to produce value for money’.”

thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/

Canary · SEND system in England falling apart at the seams - thanks to the ToriesA parliamentary report warns of a "lost generation" of SEND children who may leave school without receiving the necessary support
#Press#UK#England
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I feel we need, instead, to start looking at our education system critically, and be willing to change it.

I think we’d be better off with less intrinsic competition in schools, and therefore less threat, less fear, less subterfuge, more kindness, and more awareness about fearful human behaviors and power differentials.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3ll

How on earth can these even be permitted on the grounds of health & safety alone? and to be used as sensory items ...

Consider the problems in sewers, waterways & oceans if they make it there, or if they get into the hands of those with malicious intent towards others.

BBC NewsDoctors issue warning over water bead Christmas gifts for childrenThe Royal College of Emergency Medicine issues a "safety flash" about the dangers to children.