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Council delays are impacting children with special educational needs, lawyers warn

Education lawyers say many local authorities are missing the phase transfer deadline

The number of children with special educational needs who are facing a disruption in their education because of Councils missing the ‘Phase Transfer’ deadline is increasing, leading education lawyers have warned.

The official ‘Phase Transfer’ deadline - the date by which local councils must...

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Covid put paid to transition days: here’s how you can help your child prepare for ‘big school’

How can you reassure a child about to start Reception or secondary school when, because of Covid disruption, they haven’t attended a normal transition day? Former teacher Emma Shingleton of education resource experts PlanBee has some great ideas for calming anxieties Moving up to ‘big school’ – whether Reception or secondary school - is daunting at the best of times (for parents as well as...

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