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CHILDREN'S SERVICES

School transport contractor axed over safeguarding concerns

By Martin Ford | 18 August 2021

Birmingham City Council said the contract had been terminated following a breach of terms.

FINANCE

'Significant inequities' in SEN funding exposed

By Martin Ford | 11 August 2021

Differences of tens of millions in funding were found in areas with similar demographics, a repor...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Birmingham faces intervention on SEND

By Heather Jameson | 27 July 2021

Birmingham City Council faces a further intervention after a damning Ofsted report revealed it wa...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Special needs demand increases for every council

By Dan Peters | 27 July 2021

Demand for education, health and care plans (EHCP) has increased for every council in the last th...

EDUCATION

Unravelling the knot of education, health and care plans

By Leo Jones | 26 July 2021

Leo Jones lays out the deeper challenges that need to be recognised and addressed if the SEND rev...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Care review must be part of a long-term plan for children - ADCS

By Ann McGauran | 08 July 2021

The independent review of children's social care ‘must go further and be part of a coherent and s...

WHITEHALL

Special needs deficits to grow to £1.3bn in two years

By Dan Peters | 30 June 2021

A ‘spiralling deficit’ in special educational needs services (SEN) is expected to grow to an ‘unm...

LEGAL

Councils must meet their SEND legal duties

By Catriona Moore | 20 May 2021

No matter how tight budgets are, councils still need to be held to account for how they are disch...

FINANCE

Tackle high needs before it is too late

By Lorna Baxter | 12 May 2021

Lorna Baxter says the statutory override in place until March 2023, which allows for a negative h...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: High needs spending could 'bankrupt councils'

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2021

A senior finance director has warned that spending on high needs threatens to ‘bankrupt councils’...

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Educational Psychologist

£45,586-£61,664

Join Our Values-Driven Psychology Service in Sandwell as an Educational and Child Psychologist Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

Newcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job

Newcastle City Council

Senior Highways Engineer

£52,194 - £55,323 per annum

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