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Derry MLA criticises cuts to special needs school staff as 'mindboggling'

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has criticised a decision to half funding for dedicated school support staff for pupils with special educational needs (SEN) as a ‘thoughtless cost cutting exercise.’ The Department for Education has reduced funding from £22 ...

05 Jun 2023 at 19:04

Northern Ireland

System struggling to keep pace with increased demand for SEN places – Givan

The education system is struggling to keep pace with the increase in demand for school places for children with special educational needs (SEN), Paul Givan has said. The Education Minister told MLAs that the position in 2024 is “extremely ...

08 Apr 2024 at 16:35

Derry News

300 children with special educational needs are without school place for September

Sinn Féin MLA Pádraig Delargy has called on the education minister and the Education Authority to ensure children with special educational needs and their families have certainty over school places for September. The Foyle MLA said: ...

23 Jun 2022 at 13:47

Northern Ireland

Nursery apologises after child with special needs ‘treated less favourably’

A Co Down nursery school has apologised to the parents of a child with special needs after accepting she was treated less favourably because of her disability. The parents of Amelie Cummins took a disability discrimination case on ...

01 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Local News

'Devastating' cuts will hit hardest for vulnerable children - Derry MLA

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has expressed serious concern that a potential £110 million funding gap in the Education Authority (EA) budget will have catastrophic consequences for the delivery of Special Educational Needs (SEN) ...

16 Feb 2023 at 17:19

Derry News

Cllr Doyle: Special Education Needs review recommendations must be backed up by funding

Aontú Foyle candidate, Emmet Doyle, insists the recently-launched review of support for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) must have any of its recommendations backed up with dedicated funding. The current ...

25 Apr 2022 at 15:49

Northern Ireland

‘Entirely unacceptable’ children with SEN still without school places – Givan

It is “entirely unacceptable” that hundreds of children with special educational needs (SEN) are still without a school place for September, Paul Givan has said. The Education Minister told MLAs that significant ...

12 Jun 2024 at 18:09

Northern Ireland

Parents of special educational needs children face ‘endless fight’ for support

Parents in Northern Ireland with children who have special educational needs are “beyond crisis point” and face an “endless fight” to secure necessary support, a campaigning mother has told MLAs. Alma White ...

27 Nov 2024 at 22:04

Northern Ireland

Water infrastructure pressure affecting SEN provision, MLAs told

Pressure on the water infrastructure system in Northern Ireland is hampering efforts to provide more facilities for children with special educational needs (SEN), MLAs have been told. The chairman of ...

30 Apr 2025 at 17:12

Northern Ireland

Some families ‘left behind’ in new special education supports for young adults

Support for young people with special educational needs after they leave school “does not go far enough”, some families have said. Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald announced on Monday proposals ...

16 Jun 2025 at 17:42

Northern Ireland

Reform of support for children with special educational needs is needed – study

Reform of the provision of support for children with special educational needs (SEN) in Northern Ireland is required as demand soars, a study has found. A report, commissioned by the Department ...

23 May 2023 at 18:33

Northern Ireland

Schools may be instructed to set up SEN provision amid crisis over places

Some schools in Northern Ireland could be formally instructed to set up specialist provision for children with special educational needs (SEN) due to a crisis over places. Currently there is a ...

25 Jun 2025 at 12:36

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