The chief executive of @nationalstar.bsky.social specialist college voices concerns that government SEND plans could mean some young people losing specialist support. We’re proud to say National Star is a supporter of the #SaveOurChildrensRights campaign www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...
05.03.2026 07:46 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
image shows fingers places letters spelling out “make it easy” colourised in green
NEW POST: When “Easy Read” isn’t easy: @sharonlsmith.bsky.social asks why a consultation impacting disabled children and young people is set up to risk excluding them… www.specialneedsjungle.com/e...
03.03.2026 06:00 — 👍 2 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
image shows long steps upwards with the consultation at the top colourised in mauve
NEW POST: @captaink77.bsky.social & @tanialt.bsky.social have some words about answering the Government’s 39 Step White Paper SEND consultation, including their—and your—use of AI www.specialneedsjungle.com/3...
02.03.2026 06:00 — 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
🫶🏾
February 28th 2026 is Rare Disease Day!
#Disability #Crip #RareDiseases #Ableism #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ChronicIllness
NEW POST: A parent has launched a legal challenge against the Schools White Paper's SEND consultation. Catriona Moore writes about Melissa Hayhurst's claim that the plans are an “irrational, unfair” fundamental change www.specialneedsjungle.com/legal-challe...
28.02.2026 07:43 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Pleased to be supporting the brilliant team @ris-law.bsky.social with this important case, challenging the lawfulness of the recently launched SEND consultation on fairness and rationality grounds
28.02.2026 08:55 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
image shows a sepia colourised trojan horse image
NEW POST: We take a close look at the proposed “Specialist Provision Packages” and discover they’re more of a Trojan horse, reducing the #EHCP rights of children with SEND. www.specialneedsjungle.com/s...
27.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
image shows a blue and purple colourised picture of a sad girl with the AGN logo and a screenshot of the report
On SNJ Today: Cathy Wassell of @autisticgirlsnet.bsky.social says the Government’s Neurodivergence Taskforce report isn't well reflected in its own SEND proposals. She asks, is it a compass for inclusion or a map to nowhere? www.specialneedsjungle.com/n...
25.02.2026 19:46 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0Luckily that’s what we specialise in at @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
25.02.2026 21:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We need to explain to those who wrote them what a mess of nonsense they’ve created first.
24.02.2026 07:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The 2014 reforms arrival seem sedate and regal compared with this rushed, too many cooks effort, that’s like throw it at the wall and see what sticks
24.02.2026 07:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
image shows a screenshot of the table in the post
NEW POST (No 3!) Before it drops, we got a look at some funding plans in the Schools White Paper: We're grateful to @captaink77.bsky.social for giving it a once-over to see what it says so far about funding for SEND www.specialneedsjungle.com/s...
23.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
decorative
Part 2 of Measure What Matters evidence: The Testimonies. Children died; the system looked away. Will today's government SEND reforms make this scandal even worse? www.specialneedsjungle.com/p...
[Part 1: www.specialneedsjungle.com/c... ]
NEW POST: Children died. The system looked away... On the day the Government seeks to slash the support rights of most neurodivergent children, accountability group Measure What Matters publishes evidence of the lethal cost of unmet need Part 1 www.specialneedsjungle.com/c...
23.02.2026 00:05 — 👍 3 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1I think the pointy hat is missing though, would be a perfect finishing touch.
21.02.2026 09:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of NEU gen sec Daniel Kebede over a colourised image of some children at an interactive whiteboard
NEW POST: “SEND Reform Cannot Be Done on the Cheap” Today on SNJ, we hear from @danielkebedeneu.bsky.social General Secretary of the @neunion.bsky.social www.specialneedsjungle.com/n...
21.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0So stylish.
20.02.2026 09:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
image shows sad boy crouching with arms round his kneed in fromt of a colourised image of the DfE
NEW POST: After yesterday’s horrors, we take a calm look at that and some baffling independent school funding news. We say The Department for Education needs a plumber, better policymakers, less panic, and someone who truly understands SEND www.specialneedsjungle.com/d...
20.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 2This is an attack on neurodivergent children. It’s not evidence based. They are not learning from the past. If it’s not law, it’ll be ignored. If it is law it’ll be ignored without real accountability— and LAs are laughing
19.02.2026 08:11 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
image has the graphic with an overlay of cracked glass on a peach background
NEW POST: SNJ’s @captaink77.bsky.social has dug behind DfE research data into #EHCP creation times. He’s found some “deranged” numbers that can’t be real—but does the government really care as long as it gets what it wants? www.specialneedsjungle.com/s... #SaveOurChildrensRights #SENDSky
19.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1Another excellent @captaink77.bsky.social article on @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social
16.02.2026 07:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That’s how it works
16.02.2026 07:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Our research shows it’s mostly schools that ask for assessments not parents
16.02.2026 07:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I think you’ve misunderstood. In the UK you have to declare anything you find, and not keep it for yourself. It’s then dealt with by the Portable Antiquities Scheme, as explained in the article. Museums can bid to buy the hoard then. https://finds.org.uk/treasure/advice/finders
15.02.2026 10:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It's a year since my extraordinary daughter died unexpectedly. Re-sharing her obituary because it matters so much that the world understands who children w/ SEND actually are - especially right now when their right to the support they need in education is at risk. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
15.02.2026 09:04 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1A year already?Beautiful Amy 💔❤️
15.02.2026 09:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image shows an inset image of Brian Lamb in a red sweater and glasses, with a background image of two black people and two white people, professional looking, in discussion
On SNJ Today: "Prof. Brian Lamb OBE, whose work sparked the 2014 #SEND reforms, says
without a focus on securing parental trust through real engagement, any new changes may be destined to suffer the same fate as previous attempts: www.specialneedsjungle.com/b...
screenshot from the article
SNJ's @tanialt.bsky.social has an article in Learning Disability Today magazine based on personal reflections of autism and a small-scale study into anxiety in children: early support for autistic children who internalise symptoms. www.learningdisabilitytoday....
12.02.2026 14:16 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Strong on inclusion bases from @tanialt.bsky.social. TL;DR = we need to see evidence, argument, accountability and safeguards for this policy direction. All of which have been conspicuously absent so far.
www.specialneedsjungle.com/inclusion-ba...
An image divided in two diagonally. The upper triangle shows fat council bigwigs in an old-fashioned office swigging champagne, while the bottom triangle shows slender bureaucrats in a modern office grinning evilly. the image must be ratio of 1200 wide to 625 high
NEW POST: Fix #SEND our way for 90% of SEND debt write off, Government tells councils, urging swift action on change. So much for co-production…read it all here: www.specialneedsjungle.com/f...
10.02.2026 06:00 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0