Safety concerns continue over troubled Southend school transport service
A child with special educational needs narrowly escaped falling from a moving bus while using a disastrous Southend school transport
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Loughton teacher who locked child with special needs in room unattended spared ban
A teacher who locked a child with special educational needs in a sensory break room after he became “violent” towards
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Minister speaks of struggle parents face to get SEND provision on visit to Redbridge
Parents of children with special needs in Redbridge should not have to “fight the system” to get the right support,
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Opposition leader slams “disgusting” Southend SEND failings
Parents deserve an apology for the “disgusting” failure of Southend’s children’s service, according to a councillor who has offered to
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Southend parents remain unconvinced over councillor’s SEND comments
Parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities in Southend should be getting more help from schools, a councillor
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Southend SEND provision under fire again in peer review
Special educational needs provision in Southend has been criticised again, in a new report which brought together experts from across
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Southend SEND review fails to go far enough claim
There is a special educational needs “crisis” in Southend with a review of children’s services in the borough “failing to
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County Council children’s services praised for its ‘wealth of innovative initiatives’
Essex County Council has developed “a wealth of innovative initiatives” to respond to the needs of individual care leavers, a
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Parents fear Southend SEND inquiry will not provide any accountability for years of failure
Parents who feel their children were let down by Southend Council’s special educational needs provision say they are being sidelined
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Council investigates Southend special education needs school transport
Southend Council has launched an investigation into its school transport for special educational needs children after a flood of complaints
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