If you want to support our campaign around #SEND reform, please pay our next stall a visit
🗓️ This Saturday September 19th
⏰ 10am - 12 noon
📌 outside Crossgates Shopping Centre, Station Road, Crossgates, East Leeds, LS15 8ET
#SENDReform #Crossgates #Leeds
Grave concerns re- plans to reduce eligibility for EHCPs, threatening the legal rights of young people with SEND to support - we heard lots of moving, often harrowing testimony from festival-goers w/ direct experience of how difficult it can be to get support already
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Fun & fruitful day at #Armley Festival Saturday last week
217 Signatures on our petition to the Education Secretary: a clear message that #SEND funding & eligibility decisions MUST follow the interests of the young person in education & not the govt's bottom line
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The SEND reforms have generated a lot of conversation - but one perspective has been missing from the debate. What does it mean for trusts? 🎧 ow.ly/prJz50ZOhht #sendreform #trusts #podcast
On SNJ Today: New research from Sheffield Hallam University into the 2025 Government #SEND "National Conversation" has found it “performative”, limiting, and lacking pathways to include young people’s voices: specialneedsjungle.com/resea… #sendreform #SaveSENDLegalRights
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EHCP demand is rising, while councils prepare for #SENDreform. The challenge isn’t just designing the system for 2030 - it’s managing the journey there.
Strengthening #EHCP processes, understanding demand & modelling future scenarios will be key.
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NEW POST: New research finds the Government’s #SEND National Conversation “performative”, lacking pathways for young people’s inclusion: specialneedsjungle.com/resea… #sendreform #SaveSENDLegalRights
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Still time to email your MP and ask him to attend the #SaveOurChildrensRights #SaveSENDLegalRights PARLIAMENTARY MEETING on September 7th, hosted by MP Chris Coghlan Find out more: saveourchildrensrights.org.u…
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Invite your MP to the #SaveOurChildrensRights #SaveSENDLegalRights PARLIAMENTARY MEETING on September 7th, hosted by @_Chris_Coghlan Find out more: saveourchildrensrights.org.u…
#sendreform #EHCP
On SNJ Today: @LucyMPowell @Georgia_Gould must improve #SENDreform plans supporting children with medical needs who can't go to school says @unisontheunion. It says responsibility for delivering healthcare is completely missing in #EOTAS proposals specialneedsjungle.com/uniso…
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NEW POST: The public sector union, @unisontheunion voices major concerns over #SENDreform health plans for sick and disabled children out of school in the Government's #EOTAS consultation specialneedsjungle.com/uniso…
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On SNJ Today: @CaptainK77 offers his Top Tips to respond to the #EOTAS #EHCP consultation—and why you should, even if your child is in school, to protect their rights to statutory SEND support: specialneedsjungle.com/top-t… #sendreform
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On SNJ Today: We have an update! 👀
after SNJ and SEND legal charity, @sos_sen have written a joint letter to Education Secretary @LucyMPowellabout the injustice and loss of vital rights in the DfE's #SENDreform proposals: specialneedsjungle.com/dear-…...
NEW POST: Dear Lucy Powell: A joint open letter from us at Special Needs Jungle and SEND legal charity @sos_sen to @educationgovuk Secretary @LucyMPowell about the #SENDreform proposals:
specialneedsjungle.com/dear-…
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@LucyMPowell We'd love to meet you to discuss the #SENDReform proposals
Congratulations, Prime Minister @andyburnham Let’s start with the #SENDReform proposals. DO NOT reward chronic misconduct, unlawful and abusive behaviour by public bodies.
Don’t steal the rights of children with SEND! Let's send a powerful message!
SEND luminary, Philippa Stobbs OBE, who wrote the School's guide to disabled children and the #EqualityAct, penned a letter for SNJ about how #SENDreform proposals should be judged—by disabled children's outcomes. read it here: specialneedsjungle.com/phili…
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Even LAs doubt BP's #SENDreform plans are doable! One LA (as we have) "identified changes to NHS England, ICBs and commissioning as a “high” impact risk to implementation". It also warned “system capacity may be insufficient" due to workforce challenges” lgcplus.com/politics/service…
On SNJ Today: The DfE's response to the @CommonsEd SEND Inquiry tries to look collegial, but it's clear to SNJ's @TaniaLT the Government is only interested in #SENDreform views that fit its ideological narrative specialneedsjungle.com/relen…
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NEW POST: @helenhayes_ @CommonsEd this week got its long-awaited Inquiry response @educationgovuk just in time to hear from the Secretary herself. @TaniaLT says it's clear the relentless march of #SENDreform only hears views that fit the narrative specialneedsjungle.com/relen…
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