It's just four letters, but getting an EHCP - Education Health and Care Plan - for children with special educational needs and disabilities can be a long and frustrating battle. In this episode we ...

Councils will soon be unable to afford to collect bins or fill potholes because of the ‘out of control’ costs of the system for children with special needs, Reform’s deputy leader has warned. Richard ...

Only 1% of education, health and care plans were being completed within the 20-week legal timeframe in Essex in early 2024 A senior councillor has said that assessing all children for special ...

Parents detect an element of divide and rule from politicos By Anoosh Chakelian Pat is an eight-year-old boy who for half his young life has been threatening to kill himself. He has taken knives from ...

EastEnders star Kellie Bright has been praised by Panorama viewers after opening up about the battle some parents face when trying to secure education for children with autism. The 49-year-old actress ...

A mum says she is "absolutely livid" as she continues to fight to get her twin daughters into a specialist school. Samantha Grafton, 33, has already spent four years trying to get her girls into a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) has found “commonplace” and “significant” delays with arranging education, health and care plans (EHCP) in Leeds following an investigation into a ...

Individual care plans for children with special educational needs should not be scrapped, say MPs. A new Education Select Committee report also calls for new minimum standards of support for special ...

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