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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Council officers said not all pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) were "thriving" due to a lack in ...

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

Private schools in England could pay more for Ofsted inspections under plans set out by the Department for Education (DfE). The DfE said the regulator's inspections of private schools cost £6.5m last ...

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