Samantha Booth
@samanthajbooth.bsky.social
Award-winning chief reporter @schoolsweek.bsky.social • mainly investigating SEND, mental health, exams • mental health 1st aider • Sam is fine • Press Awards specialist journalist of the year 2025
Reposted by Samantha Booth
Councils get allocated education funding via the DfE's Dedicated Schools Grant. This includes funding for SEND provision that educates and trains children and young people
Some is delegated directly to schools & academies to spend, some goes via to LAs to allocate for high-needs provision
Some is delegated directly to schools & academies to spend, some goes via to LAs to allocate for high-needs provision
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Councils get allocated education funding via the DfE's Dedicated Schools Grant. This includes funding for SEND provision that educates and trains children and young people
Some is delegated directly to schools & academies to spend, some goes via to LAs to allocate for high-needs provision
Some is delegated directly to schools & academies to spend, some goes via to LAs to allocate for high-needs provision
Still here and found it very worthwhile!
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Still here and found it very worthwhile!
A particularly poignant reply. What a wild way for DfE to build up trust with the sector
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
A particularly poignant reply. What a wild way for DfE to build up trust with the sector
A big contributor to SEND rates is how schools identify additional needs - something the EPI uncovered in a landmark 2021 study.
I also dug into it in 2023, because the raw EHCP and SEN figures can be misleading without context schoolsweek.co.uk/send-special...
epi.org.uk/publications...
I also dug into it in 2023, because the raw EHCP and SEN figures can be misleading without context schoolsweek.co.uk/send-special...
epi.org.uk/publications...
Identifying pupils with special educational needs and disabilities - Education Policy Institute
A new study from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, highlights significant inconsistencies in how children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) ...
epi.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A big contributor to SEND rates is how schools identify additional needs - something the EPI uncovered in a landmark 2021 study.
I also dug into it in 2023, because the raw EHCP and SEN figures can be misleading without context schoolsweek.co.uk/send-special...
epi.org.uk/publications...
I also dug into it in 2023, because the raw EHCP and SEN figures can be misleading without context schoolsweek.co.uk/send-special...
epi.org.uk/publications...
Hayes' full letter is here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...
committees.parliament.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Hayes' full letter is here: committees.parliament.uk/publications...