An EHC plan details the education, health and social care support that is to be provided to a child or young person who has SEN or a disability. It is drawn up by the local authority after an EHC ...

In July 2025, Special Needs Jungle, along with IPSEA, launched a national campaign to raise awareness that the government was discussing cutting rights to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). A ...

Imagine, if you will… It’s a Friday afternoon—we’ve all been there. As the weekend looms, you get a late-breaking message from your friendly neighbourhood SEND services sociopath. It usually contains ...

Our SNJ flow charts of the SEND system we co-produced with the Department for Education show how to navigate an EHC Needs Assessment and more ...

Comment from the National Education Union “The NEU is looking forward to working with the Save Our Children's Rights Campaign, bringing together the power of educator, family, and student voices to ...

Questions and Answers about special educational needs and disability law, answered by IPSEA for Special Needs Jungle ...

Questions and Answers about special educational needs and disability law, answered by IPSEA for Special Needs Jungle ...

What's happening with SEND Law right now? And why you mustn't confuse EOTAS with home education and other questions in our latest episode of SNJ in Conversation (part one) ...

Parent Asks: The Local Authority keep saying that they have consulted with over 50 provisions and that they have all come back and said they could not meet need. The pupil currently attends a PRU, and ...

Education Professional Asks: Who do you apply to for an EHCP if parents live in a different local authority to the school their child attends? Can you reapply to a new local authority if the EHCP was ...

Special Needs Jungle provides parent-centred information, news, special needs resources and informed opinion about SEND - Special educational needs and disability, Education, Health and Care Plans, ...

It seems that not a day goes by without a new Ofsted Report, inquiry or news article about systemic failings by local authorities to provide special educational provision in a timely manner, if at all ...