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Special educational needs services in England face “total collapse”, with councils on course to have run up debts of £18bn by the end of the decade…

Schools in England are steering away children with special needs, leading some to have six times as many pupils requiring learning or behaviour support compared with…

Home-to-school transport costs in England have risen to £2.3bn a year, as increasing numbers of children with special educational needs and disabilities travel farther afield to…

The government is to delay publishing its long-awaited overhaul of special educational needs provision in England as ministers seek to build a coalition among parents to…

In an effort to address a deep deficit caused by rising costs, declining international enrollment and flat state funding, University of Nebraska–Lincoln officials have proposed merging…

Kate McGoughEducation reporterBBC/Kate McGoughParents protest outside Parliament this week ahead of reforms to special educational needsIndividual care plans for children with special educational needs should not…

One in three parents have sought a special needs assessment for their child, according to a survey that reveals a surge in demand for special needs…

Parents fearful about the government’s plans to overhaul special needs education in England took their fight to parliament on Monday, where the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed…

“I’ve realised how damaging the whole thing’s been because, you know, you can’t trust people,” Jen Smith says from her home in Bristol.Smith is one of…

Special needs reforms for children in England could turn into “welfare reforms mark 2” unless the government can convince parents that it is not aiming to…