Hackney Special Education Crisis

Coronavirus: Families with SEND ‘struggling’, campaigners warn Town Hall

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 April 2020 at 19:17

Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Council urged to adopt ‘explicit focus’ on vulnerable families amid concerns children with SEND could ‘regress significantly’ during crisis without support

Council apology over care failings condemned by SEND campaigners as ‘lukewarm’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 17 July 2019 at 17:25

Mother in Ombudsman case calls for greater understanding from council on impact of delays

Hackney Council to hold public SEND meeting – but campaigners call it a front for more cuts

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 29 May 2018 at 18:57

Parents’ group dismisses event a ‘consultation in name only’

Families seek judicial review against Hackney’s ‘unlawful’ SEND cuts

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 22 May 2018 at 17:49

Children protest SEND changes outside Hackney Town Hall

Lawyers file High Court bid over cuts to children’s special education needs

Hackney Council’s SEND ‘crisis’ group held no meetings for three months

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 May 2018 at 17:50

New SEND boss Chris Kennedy rejects claims more cuts are in the works

Deputy Mayor loses SEND brief in cabinet reshuffle, as Chris Kennedy joins the fray

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 May 2018 at 13:22

New cabinet member will be ‘leading’ on SEND as council makes £5 million of cuts

Hackney’s Deputy Mayor welcomes MPs’ SEND inquiry – but campaigners dismiss probe as PR effort

By Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 23 April 2018 at 14:23

‘We don’t need an inquiry to tell us what’s going wrong’