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"Local authorities are lobbying for law changes to give them more control over Send costs by limiting parental rights to appeal over Send assessments"

The same local authorities that have wasted over £100 million fighting parents and have lost over 99% of tribunal cases. We need new local authorities, not weakened protections for Special Needs kids. #SEND #SpecialNeeds

theguardian.com/education/2025

The Guardian · Ministers plan major changes to Send education in EnglandBy Patrick Butler

Labour about to out-Tory Tories in regard to Special Needs provision for children. Rather than provide funding and proper support for SEND children, Labour are planning to simply remove the ability of parents to appeal local authorities' refusals to provide SEND support (98% get overturned by appeal). Locally, a failed project to replace proper diagnosis and specialist support with just vague, non-professional "support" by mainstream schools is already in place.
#SEND #ukeducation #ukpolitics

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I feel we need, instead, to start looking at our education system critically, and be willing to change it.

I think we’d be better off with less intrinsic competition in schools, and therefore less threat, less fear, less subterfuge, more kindness, and more awareness about fearful human behaviors and power differentials.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3ll

How on earth can these even be permitted on the grounds of health & safety alone? and to be used as sensory items ...

Consider the problems in sewers, waterways & oceans if they make it there, or if they get into the hands of those with malicious intent towards others.

BBC NewsDoctors issue warning over water bead Christmas gifts for childrenThe Royal College of Emergency Medicine issues a "safety flash" about the dangers to children.