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Majority of teachers lack training to support deaf pupils – report

Nearly 9 in 10 teachers say they have received inadequate training to support pupils who are deaf, a new study shows. In total, 86% of teachers in a poll of 5,332 primary and secondary school teachers by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) ...

18 Mar 2022 at 01:55

Keegan to ‘take time to listen’ ahead of special educational needs support plan

The Education Secretary has committed to meeting children, parents and organisations in the special educational needs sector ahead of the publication of a long-awaited improvement plan early next year. It had been hoped by some that a response to ...

29 Nov 2022 at 12:29

Local News

'Devastating' cuts will hit hardest for vulnerable children - Derry MLA

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has expressed serious concern that a potential £110 million funding gap in the Education Authority (EA) budget will have catastrophic consequences for the delivery of Special Educational Needs (SEN) services. Mr Durkan ...

16 Feb 2023 at 17:33

Health

PE teacher diagnosed with brain tumour achieves ‘dream’ with GB triathlon medal and is nominated for teaching award

A special educational needs and disabilities (Send) PE teacher who thought she “might die” after being diagnosed with a “satsuma-sized” brain tumour which has left her blind in one eye has since won a bronze triathlon medal in Poland, ...

21 Jun 2023 at 07:00

Government must reform system for children with educational needs, say councils

The Government must urgently reform a failing system of support for children with special educational needs as spiralling costs have not led to better outcomes for pupils, councils have warned. Authorities said they are facing a ...

25 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Reform of support for children with special educational needs is needed – study

Reform of the provision of support for children with special educational needs (SEN) in Northern Ireland is required as demand soars, a study has found. A report, commissioned by the Department of Education, also found that the ...

23 May 2023 at 18:33

Derry News

300 children with special educational needs are without school place for September

Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy has called on the education minister and the Education Authority to ensure children with special educational needs and their families have certainty over school places for September. The Foyle MLA ...

23 Jun 2022 at 14:33

Number of children on special educational needs support plans in England rises

The number of children and young people on support plans for special educational needs and disabilities in England has risen, figures suggest. An additional 58,914 education, health and care (EHC) plans were in place in ...

13 Jun 2024 at 12:52

More Send pupils and lack of resources ‘systemic problem’ in schools, MPs told

The increasing numbers of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) combined with lack of finance and staffing has become a “systemic problem” in schools, MPs have heard. Government figures show ...

11 Mar 2024 at 15:58

Nursery apologises after child with special needs ‘treated less favourably’

A Co Down nursery school has apologised to the parents of a child with special needs after accepting she was treated less favourably because of her disability. The parents of Amelie Cummins took a disability ...

01 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Government’s investment in new special schools ‘may be too little too late’

The Government’s investment in new schools for children with special needs could be “too little too late”, a school leaders’ union has warned. The Department for Education (DfE) has announced the locations ...

09 May 2024 at 00:01

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Special educational needs soft play area and sensory garden sought for school in County Kildare

An enclosed special educational needs soft play area, in addition to a sensory garden, is being sought for a Catholic school in Naas. Planning permission documents lodged with Kildare County Council (KCC) ...

11 Sept 2023 at 10:33

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