News & opinion - CDC

The latest news from Council for Disabled Children, and opinions from across the sector.

SEND & inclusion — 4 Dec 2024

NCB and CDC response to introduction of new specialist places in mainstream schools

Amanda Allard, NCB Strategic Director of Practice and Programmes and Director of the Council for Disabled Children (CDC), responds to the announcement of extra funding to mainstream schools to support disabled children and children with special educational needs.

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SEND & inclusion — 4 Dec 2024

A postcard from Warsaw

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News & opinion - CDC — 27 Nov 2024

Statement on video footage from Whitefield Special School

In response to the emerging evidence of abusive practices at a London special school between 2014 and 2017, we have highlighted the need for urgent action to implement recommendations for the separate review by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.

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News & opinion - CDC — 24 Oct 2024

NCB and CDC response to National Audit Office report on SEND system

Today's report from the National Audit Office concludes that England's SEND system is failing children and young people, is financially unsustainable and in urgent need of reform.

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SEND & inclusion — 9 Oct 2024

Rethinking health services for disabled children and those with special educational needs

Amanda Allard, NCB's Strategic Director of Practice and Programmes and Director of the Council for Disabled Children, shares her thoughts on changes the new government could make to health systems to improve the lives of disabled children and young people and those with special educational needs (SEND) and their families.

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SEND & inclusion — 7 Oct 2024

Law Commission is seeking views on disabled children’s social care law

The Law Commission has published a consultation paper on disabled children’s social care law and whether it meets the needs of disabled children and their families.

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SEND & inclusion — 20 Sep 2024

Disabled Children at the Table

We are calling for the government to put disabled children and young people at the heart of government policy making, backed by a step-change in investment to transform childhoods across the UK.

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SEND & inclusion — 30 Jul 2024

A Postcard from Tallinn

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SEND & inclusion — 25 Jul 2024

Statement on Isos Partnership, CCN and LGA report on the SEND system

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SEND & inclusion — 14 Mar 2024

Jeremy Hunt announces Funding for Special Free Schools and Children’s Social Care in the Spring Budget 2024

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SEND & inclusion — 22 Feb 2024

Reflections on the Five Nations meetings: A blog from Daniel Stavrou

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News & opinion - CDC — 18 Dec 2023

Govt publishes response to national review of safeguarding for disabled children and children with complex needs living in residential settings

The Government has published its response to a report by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel that set out recommendations for systemic reform following the abuse of more than a hundred children and young adults living in three residential settings operated by the Hesley Group. The Panel commissioned the Director of the Council for Disabled Children as the lead reviewer for this work.

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