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02 Jul 2020
Department for Education publishes new guidance for schools and other educational settings in September
Today the Department for Education has published detailed guidance to support schools and colleges to fully reopen in…
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12 May 2020
The Department for Education has published new guidance on phased returns to schools, colleges and nurseries
By 1 June at the earliest, primary schools in England may be able to welcome back children in key transition years –…
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30 Apr 2020
Joint Ministerial Letter
A joint ministerial letter has been published today from Minister Ford, Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Chi…
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07 Apr 2020
COVID-19 Support and Guidance
The situation with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is rapidly changing. We are following government advice on how to stay healt…
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16 Dec 2019
CDC Christmas Digest 2019
Welcome to the Christmas edition of the CDC Digest. With the Christmas break on our doorstep, and the prospect of s…
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06 Sep 2019
Major New Government Review into SEND Launched
The government has today announced a major new review into support for children and young people with Special Educatio…
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12 Jun 2019
We need to talk: Access to speech and language therapy
The Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield, has published a report which exposes enormous variation in spending aro…
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02 May 2019
CDC Spring Digest 2019
Welcome to your CDC Spring Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: Successful conferences on a wide ra…
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23 Jan 2019
Webinar on joint working and integration around SEND
On January 16th 2019, the Council for Disabled Children hosted a webinar on joint working and integration around SEND.…
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19 Dec 2018
Early Years SEN & Disability Duties
A presentation covering statutory duties, relevant to anyone working in the early years, which were developed in CDCs…
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19 Dec 2018
EYSEND - ALS 1 Presentations
The following presentations were made during the first round of EYSEND Regional Action Learning set events in 2018/19:…
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19 Dec 2018
Ofsted annual report deems improvements slow and inconsistent - especially around SEND support
Ofsted have published their annual report on the findings from their inspections, visits and research over the past ye…
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07 Mar 2019
FLARE Social Media Week: Rights Session Plan
The Council for Disabled Children ran a social media week on 8th April 2019. They wanted to encourage young people to…
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05 Feb 2019
CDC Winter Digest 2019
Welcome to your CDC winter Digest. A snapshot of this quarter's digest: CDC's conference on getting relatio…
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10 Dec 2018
Factsheet #7: Monitoring and Evaluation
There are many instances of good quality children and young people (CYP)’s participation, however, it is often diffi…
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26 Mar 2021
A blog from Dame Christine Lenehan
On the Roundtable with Minister Ford - A Covid Recovery Plan and the SEND Review As part of our DFE Strategic R…
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11 Feb 2021
Over £42 Million support extended for children with SEND.
Projects worth over £42 million to help raise educational standards, improve services and provide practical support t…
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14 Jan 2021
Looking forward for SEND: The Review, the challenges, the culture change
This morning Minister Ford gave a speech at the TES SEN virtual show, a catch up on all of the key issues in SEND and…
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