News & opinion - CDC

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

News & opinion - CDC — 18 Nov 2025

Countering unhelpful rhetoric about the SEND system

Like many professionals and families, we are alarmed by some of the rhetoric deployed in the debate about the system that supports disabled children and those with special educational needs.

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News & opinion - CDC — 5 Nov 2025

Response to the publication of the Curriculum and Assessment Review

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Policy — 23 Oct 2025

Response to delay of Schools White Paper publication

While a further delay will clearly frustrate many, there is now an opportunity for the sector to work together to shape and articulate a plan that addresses short-term challenges and offers a coherent vision for the future of the SEND system.

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Policy — 23 Sep 2025

SEND system reform: key insights from our roundtables and principles for change

The govt is preparing to set out proposals to reform support for disabled children and those with SEN in the upcoming Schools White Paper. We've published a series of briefings setting out ideas from expert roundtables exploring how we create a system that better serves children, families and professionals.

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News & opinion - CDC — 16 Sep 2025

Law Commission recommends change disabled children’s social care law

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News & opinion - CDC — 15 Sep 2025

Welcome back! Will this be the beginning of a new and more inclusive academic year for disabled children and young people?

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SEND & inclusion — 15 Jul 2025

A more inclusive future? The new series of CDC guides to the disability duties in the Equality Act

This week CDC launches a further three new guides to the disability duties in the Equality Act. The three launched this week are for schools. They follow a guide for early years settings, published last week, and two guides for FE colleges published the week before.

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News & opinion - CDC — 8 Jul 2025

‘The foundation of everything he’s achieving now’: a new guide and training package for early years providers on the disability duties in the Equality Act

Today the Council for Disabled Children launches a new guide for early years providers that explains the disability duties in the Equality Act. Alongside the guide is a training package to support early years practitioners in applying the learning from the guide in their own setting.

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Policy — 3 Jul 2025

NCB reaction to 10 Year Health Plan for England

We welcome the clear vision for children outlined in the 10 Year Health Plan and now await details on how the government will work with children and families to implement its ambition to create the healthiest generation of children ever.

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News & opinion - CDC — 1 Jul 2025

Coming out of the ‘long shadow of compromised ambition’: two new guides for FE colleges on the disability duties in the Equality Act

Today the Council for Disabled Children launches two new guides to the disability duties in the Equality Act and how the duties apply in further education.

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SEND & inclusion — 18 Jun 2025

A postcard from Ljubljana

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News & opinion - CDC — 1 May 2025

Preparing for adulthood and Family Help

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