NEW POST: Having additional needs missed in school can have life-altering, devastating consequences. In the first of two posts on the school-to-prison pipeline, Dr Neil Alexander Passe explains the importance of early intervention in schools

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/school-to-prison-pipeline/

NEW POST: Our submission to the SEND Inquiry 2025 has 80 practical recommendations to solve the SEND Emergency. Now it’s been published by the committee, we are sharing it with you. Let us know if we missed anything!

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/snjs-80-practical-recommendations-solve-send-emergency/

NEW POST: While the government wants more children in mainstream “special” provision, our king of data, Matt Keer, has uncovered a curious truth— that this kind of provision vanishes almost as often as it’s created

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/vanishing-resource-bases-sen-units/

NEW POST: What kind of government is “bold” enough to scrap statutory EHCPs from vulnerable children? We look at some controversial remarks and what they may mean for families of disabled children

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/what-government-bold-scrap-ehcp-vulnerable-children/

NEW POST: Where is the accountability in #SEND? Catriona Moore watched the latest SEND Inquiry hearings on accountability, including her IPSEA legal colleague, who emphasised that compliance shouldn’t be optional for LAs and health services

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/accountability-law-disabled-childrens-education-isnt-optional-ipsea-send-inquiry/

NEW POST: Frances Akinde writes about her new book: Be An Ally, Not a Bystander: A Call to Action for Educators. She’s offering two copies in our giveaway!

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/ally-not-bystander-call-action-educators-book/

NEW POST: While fighting the good SEND fight, in the back of our minds is how our children will manage as adults. Bethany Bale of Disability Rights UK introduces their Future Ready Hub with resources for adult life as a Disabled young person

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/becoming-future-ready-disabled-young-adults/

NEW POST: Parents of disabled children traumatised by the public bodies that should be supporting them. “Families have to be ‘beyond reasonable’, because it’s all too easy to be labelled as “difficult”, with all the ensuing consequences

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/parents-disabled-children-traumatised-public-bodies-support/

NEW POST: More parent carers stage SEND protests—this time in Cheshire West and Chester, where in a survey, 92.3% said engaging with their local SEN Team was "actively detrimental to their mental health"

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/parent-carers-protest-engaging-local-send-team-detrimental-mental-health/

NEW POST: “He’d be cheaper in long-term care’ A former LA SEND Manager says she was forced out after raising concerns about comments like this from senior council colleagues. Read her story on SNJ

https://www.specialneedsjungle.com/cheaper-long-term-care-la-send-manager-forced-out-disgusting-comments-senior-colleagues/