The Divisional Court has rejected an appeal by the owner of a company that contracted with local authorities to provide transport services for children with special educational needs against his conviction on four charges of being the operator of a private hire vehicle (PHV) when a PHV licence was not in force, and two charges of being the operator of a PHV when the driver was not the holder of a…

GMB Union has launched legal proceedings on behalf of around 400 women working as school support staff at Barnet Council, in what the union says is the first local authority equal pay claim launched in London.

Teachers who have been affected by “major delays” in getting their pensions valued are threatening legal action against the Government and pension provider, Capita Pension Solutions.

A survey by children’s charity Coram has highlighted gaps in childcare availability for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), with only 29% of local authorities in England reporting having enough childcare for at least 75% of children with SEND in their area.

The County Councils Network (CCN) has today (21 March) claimed that there are just 12 months to avoid a “financial catastrophe” for English local authorities, with almost £6bn in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) deficits set to be placed on their balance sheets in March 2026.

The Upper Tribunal has in part allowed a council’s appeal against a decision by the Education Tribunal for Wales in relation to the naming of a school in a child’s Individual Development Plan, in the first case to have been brought under the new 2018 Act regime for Additional Learning Provision in Wales.

The High Court has allowed an appeal brought by a single mother in relation to her son’s package of home-to-school transport, finding that a city council’s decision to withdraw the support was “irrational”.

The Welsh Government has asked that certain provisions within the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, including those in relation to children in secure accommodation and children not in school, be applied to Wales in the same way as England.

Schools inspection body Ofsted was wrong to sack an inspector who wiped water off a pupil’s head, the Court of Appeal has found.

A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found that absence and suspensions in schools are two thirds higher than pre-pandemic, and that the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children are impacted the most.

Become, a charity for children in care and young care leavers, has welcomed the Government’s proposed amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to expand corporate parenting responsibilities to a wider set of organisations, while noting it could go further to improve the “scaffolding of support” around care-experienced young people.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has highlighted “systemic SEND issues” at Rochdale Council, after finding the authority had a backlog of nearly 1,500 support plans to review for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).