‘Send Warrior Mums’: The parents fighting England’s schools crisis | On the Ground

From anxious children unable to cope with school to those with more complex, profound disabilities, England’s support for Send children is broken, with underfunded local authorities weaponising time in order to avoid legal obligations to support families and increasing numbers of parents unable to work, burnt out, judged and even suffering PTSD through attempting to navigate the system. The Guardian meets parents and children from across the country, to get a sense of the scale of the issue Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/subscribegdn The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://bit.ly/3biVfwh Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► http://theguardian.com/first-edition Website ► https://www.theguardian.com Facebook ►   / theguardian   Twitter ►   / guardian   Instagram ►   / guardian   The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://bit.ly/guardiannewssubs Guardian Australia ► https://bit.ly/guardianaussubs Guardian Football ► https://bit.ly/gdnfootballsubs Guardian Sport ► https://bit.ly/gdnsportsubs It's Complicated ► https://bit.ly/ItsComplicatedSubs Guardian Live ► https://bit.ly/guardianlivesubs #sendkids #senchildren #sendchildren #specialeducationalneeds #uk #england #school

Growing Up In Poverty: The Kids Who Go To Bed Hungry | Breadline Kids
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Growing Up In Poverty: The Kids Who Go To Bed Hungry | Breadline Kids

Locations for 16 new special needs schools in England announced
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Locations for 16 new special needs schools in England announced

What life is like for UK mums under the brutal two child limit | On the Ground
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What life is like for UK mums under the brutal two child limit | On the Ground

How Egocentric Parents Impact Their Kids | The Interview
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How Egocentric Parents Impact Their Kids | The Interview

When children fail in elementary school | frontal
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When children fail in elementary school | frontal

'Families with Special Needs Children Are Being Let Down in Schools'
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'Families with Special Needs Children Are Being Let Down in Schools'

Is the far right driving a Christian revival in the UK? | On the Ground
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Is the far right driving a Christian revival in the UK? | On the Ground

Most parents have jobs. So why are school days still so short? | BBC Global
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Most parents have jobs. So why are school days still so short? | BBC Global

Why is anti-immigration sentiment on the rise in Canada? | On the Ground
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Why is anti-immigration sentiment on the rise in Canada? | On the Ground

What's Life Like in a Private British Boarding School? | Leaving Home at 8 Years Old
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What's Life Like in a Private British Boarding School? | Leaving Home at 8 Years Old

'No school for two years': The special needs pupils 'squeezed' out of school - BBC Newsnight
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'No school for two years': The special needs pupils 'squeezed' out of school - BBC Newsnight

Childcare is broken: is the UK failing its future?
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Childcare is broken: is the UK failing its future?

The New Face of America: Inside the Second Great Depression
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The New Face of America: Inside the Second Great Depression

Students Get The Chance To Attend Private School | School Swap: The Class Divide E2 | Our Stories
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Students Get The Chance To Attend Private School | School Swap: The Class Divide E2 | Our Stories

Britain's child poverty crisis: The families desperate for two-child benefit cap to end | ITV News
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Britain's child poverty crisis: The families desperate for two-child benefit cap to end | ITV News

How I found out my parents were siblings, and my life changed forever
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How I found out my parents were siblings, and my life changed forever

I Wish I Went to Montessori School... or Not.
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I Wish I Went to Montessori School... or Not.

‘Why don’t men rebel?’: what the world can learn from childcare in Finland
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‘Why don’t men rebel?’: what the world can learn from childcare in Finland

Life Inside Britain’s Elite Boarding School | Gordonstoun | S1 E1 | Our Stories
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Life Inside Britain’s Elite Boarding School | Gordonstoun | S1 E1 | Our Stories

Parents fined because their SEN children won’t go to school
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Parents fined because their SEN children won’t go to school