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Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it
Letters

Letters: Education is on its knees. The government must take radical action to save it

An anonymous teacher responds to the education secretary's recent opinion piece, written for Big Issue
'I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs'
Katie Nellist
Katie Nellist

'I have not been to school since I was 13. The system is failing kids with special education needs'

Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me 
Letters

Letters: Right to Buy gets a lot of flak but it was life-changing for people like me 

There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty
Lisa Mainwaring

There's a blind spot with the SEND reforms which could push more families into poverty

I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms
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I'm worried that even more disabled children could get lost within the SEND system after reforms

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works
Diane Johnson

Labour's SEND reforms will live or die in classrooms. Families know what works

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?
Children in a classroom
SEND

What will the SEND reforms mean for families and their disabled children?

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter
Gaby and David Boast and their daughter Nellie.
SEND

It was a traumatic, hellish fight trying to get SEND support for my daughter

Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children
The hosts of Autism Dadcast, Gaz Hitchin (left) and Andy Williams (right).
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Meet the dads who started a podcast about their experiences raising autistic children

I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own
Sara and her daughter Ava.
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I left teaching because I felt eaten up by guilt that I couldn't help SEND children like my own

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support
Elizabeth Padilla
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My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support

Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good
Sharon Smith and daughter Tanzie.
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Mainstream school was right for my daughter. SEND changes could cause more harm than good

Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: 'It nearly killed us emotionally and financially'
Big Issue has spoken to a number of families with children with SEND who have struggled to navigate the system.
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Families face a bitter fight for SEND support in the UK: 'It nearly killed us emotionally and financially'

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights
Keir Starmer and education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who is also running to be deputy prime minister, at a reception for teachers and teaching assistants in 10 Downing Street.
Bethany Bale

Children with SEND need support. The government must not restrict their rights

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education
Onside Takeover

School standards minister dodges question from disabled boy about future of his education

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
A teacher interacts with a student at Great Oaks College.
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts
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SEND green paper: Ministers wrong to suggest culture is the problem in underfunded schools, say experts