Complaints to Ofsted over provisions for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in state schools have surged by nearly 60 per cent in recent years. The schools watchdog ...

Ofsted inspectors will meet with parents of children with special education needs who are not in school to assess how they are being supported. Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) will carry ...

A Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (Send) school on the Isle of Sheppey has been praised for offering a "nurturing environment" where pupils feel "safe". The Elmley Dray School, which caters ...

Analysis of how Ofsted will inspect curriculum and teaching during school inspection under the new inspection framework ...

A community farm has become an independent school, officially becoming an alternative provision for children with an EHCP.

Witherslack Group is under more pressure after a local council withdrew children from one of its private special schools ...

A children’s home in Blackburn that supports young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) has once again been rated ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. The home, known as SEEDS (Support, ...

Ofsted inspects about 1,150 independent schools in England ... They tend to be smaller schools that offer support with pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send). Faith schools made ...

Hillside Special School in Sudbury has been praised for its outstanding work in supporting pupils’ personal development and behaviour in ...

A backlog in issuing care plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) will be cleared by the ...