Hackney mayor hints at funding for ‘at least one’ new special school
Council suggests it is making headway with SEND strategy but more school closures have sparked anger
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Council unveils plan to create 78 new school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities
Residents invited to give their views on the proposals, which come amid increasing demand for spaces
Labour candidate calls mayoralty a ‘platform for great partnerships’ – as she sets out focus on green projects
Caroline Woodley says her cabinet role at the council has taught her how to handle challenges
Angry parents at schools threatened with closure given more time to pick alternatives – after branding council’s first deadline ‘disgusting’
Parents of children with special educational needs at four schools initially had only 12 working days to decide
Parents ‘really concerned’ about how children with special needs will react if primary school mergers go ahead
‘How are our children going to settle down in a bigger school?’ asks one mother
‘It’s not a commodity’: Parents from Dalston primary school at risk of a merger urge council bosses to rethink plans
Colvestone primary is one of six schools facing major upheaval next year because of falling pupil numbers
Safeguarding expert warning over children in unregistered Hackney ‘schools’
‘The influence that we have is fundamentally undermined by a whack-a-mole approach’
Politicians hail ‘world-class’ revamp of Clapton special school – as building’s pioneering past revealed
The Pavilion’s £2m restoration has created 50 new places for children with special educational needs
‘Some institutions are so hellbent on their rules they squeeze you for any reason’: young people speak out over permanent school exclusion
Pupils expressed their ‘shock, surprise and confusion’
‘Strike action works’: Union celebrates as long-running Leaways School dispute settled
Agreement reached on salary bump and better sick pay
Some children with SEND ‘only getting an hour of education a day’, warns local headteacher
Richard Brown calls for ‘urgent’ oversight of special schools outside the borough where local children have been placed
Garden School ‘thrilled’ as funding for expansion of post-16 education approved
Council pledges ‘deep commitment’ on investment into in-borough provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities
Shoreditch Park Adventure Playground set for £350k redesign
Town Hall announces plans for new log cabin and classroom, soft play room, toilets and improved access
Coronavirus: Families with SEND ‘struggling’, campaigners warn Town Hall
Council urged to adopt ‘explicit focus’ on vulnerable families amid concerns children with SEND could ‘regress significantly’ during crisis without support
Families of children with SEND take challenge over funding to Court of Appeal
Town Hall decision to cut schools’ SEND budgets by five per cent was ruled to have been taken lawfully by High Court last year
Garden School awarded £1.5m to create Hackney’s only sixth form for autistic students
Hackney Mayor welcomes arrival of ‘long-held wish’ as grant funding goes to fund feasibility study and expansion of new site