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SEND reform proposals: Individual Support Plans

Monday 19 October 2026

Schools, nurseries and colleges will have a legal duty to produce an Individual Support Plan (ISP) for every child with a special educational need (SEN). These...

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Meet Imogen, our autism and ADHD fundraising superhero

Friday 12 July 2024

Contact Wales launches three year Building Resilience project

Thursday 11 July 2024

Contact staff with parent campaigner Natalie Hay and son Matteo posing with their award at the Charity Awards 2024

Contact wins at the Charity Awards 2024

Wednesday 10 July 2024

Two weeks to share Personal Independence Payment views

Tuesday 9 July 2024

Holiday time… is fast approaching or already here!

Thursday 4 July 2024

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Deputyship and Court of Protection workshop for rare parent carers

Wednesday 3 July 2024

New sensory processing podcast & free parent workshop

Tuesday 2 July 2024

Empty top floor of London double decker bus

School transport concerns in Birmingham and beyond

Monday 1 July 2024

Smiling parent audience sitting in rows of seating at a conference.

Parents come together for second rare condition conference

Friday 28 June 2024

Carer Support Payment rolled out to three new areas of Scotland this week

Thursday 27 June 2024

School attendance figures in England reveal more children with an EHC plan are out of school

Thursday 27 June 2024

Three ways the next government can improve England’s education system

Tuesday 25 June 2024

“Alarming” collapse of learning disability nursing warns RCN

Tuesday 25 June 2024

Home education in the news

Thursday 20 June 2024

Montage of lots of children wearing green DinoDay t-shirts while taking on the DinoDay Challenge 2024

It’s big. It’s green. And it’s finally here – happy DinoDay!

Wednesday 19 June 2024

Classroom scene - books and chalk in front of a blackboard

Appealing to the SEND Tribunal in England: Get advice at our Facebook Q&A on 27 June