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Why 2025 is the year YOU should invest in a WonderFold

A new year opens up the opportunity for a fresh start, new routines, and new resolutions, so there’s no better time to invest in something designed to make day-to-day family life smoother and take you one step closer to achieving your goals.

Whether you want to simplify family life with multiple young children, prioritise your mental and physical health, or are a SEND family looking...

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Support strengthened for children with SEND

Families who have children with SEND will soon receive further support with short breaks, supported internship opportunities and recognition of Down syndrome

Families across England who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will soon receive further support with more short breaks, supported internship opportunities and better support for those with Down syndrome...

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York families can access information and support 24/7 thanks to the launch of two new websites

York families will be able to get information and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, thanks to the launch of two new websites.

www.raiseyork.co.uk and www.yorksend.org (York’s Local Offer) have been created with children and young people, parents, carers and professionals to make it quicker and easier for local families to get the information they need about local services and community...

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More support for children with special educational needs

Over a thousand new special school places confirmed, as additional seven special free schools to be built

Over a thousand more children and young people with SEND are set to benefit from access to high-quality specialised learning, with seven new special free schools in Cambridgeshire, Kent, Merton and Norfolk selected to be built alongside the existing 83 already committed to opening,...

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Disabled children to benefit from funding for short breaks

Thousands of families with children with special educational needs supported with short breaks from theatre trips to outdoor activities helping to build vital skills

Thousands more families with children with special educational needs will receive support with short breaks, including theatre trips, hiking or craft workshops, as the scheme is expanded to 10 new areas of the country.

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Adoption charity warns SEND plan lacks ambition and urgency

Adoption UK welcomes many of the government proposals, which were recently announced, to improve the way children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are supported in schools in England. However the organisation warns that the plan lacks urgency and misses opportunities to improve support for some of the most vulnerable pupils.

Adoption UK’s research* shows that 82...

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Transformational reform begins for children and young people with SEND

Plan for better, fairer access to high quality special educational needs and disabilities support.

Children and young people across England with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision (AP) will get high-quality, early support wherever they live in the country.

The SEND and AP improvement plan published today (Thursday 2 March) confirms...

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Improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) publish a report on the area SEND consultation and a new area SEND inspection framework.

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today launched a new joint framework for inspecting provision for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) within a local area. Beginning in January 2023,...

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Ofsted and CQC launch consultation for new inspection provision framework for children and young people with SEND

A consultation from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission presents a new draft framework for inspecting provision for children and young people with SEND.

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have today launched a consultation on proposals for a new joint framework for inspecting provision for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) within...

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Schools White Paper delivers real action to level up education

Schools White Paper, Opportunity for All, sets out plans to make sure every child can reach the full height of their potential.

From: Department for Education , Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street , The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP , and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

Published 28 March 2022

Any child who falls behind in maths or English will get the support they need to get...

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