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SEND Education For All are sponsoring the 2026 PDA Space Summit! You can register to watch the Summit and get your backpocket pass HERE.


The SEN System Is Hurting Families And It’s Already Happening
I’m going to be honest, because sugar-coating this doesn’t help anyone anymore. The damage in the SEN world is already being done. This isn’t something that might happen in the future it is happening right now, to families, to children, and to young people who are already fighting just to be understood. And if you are in this world, you feel it. You don’t need statistics or reports. You live it every single day. The appeal process was never easy. It was always draining, stre

Lyndsay Critchlow
Jun 114 min read


The Quiet Erosion of Justice: How Hidden SEND Tribunal Changes Are Failing Families
Across the SEND community, much of the current conversation is understandably centred on the government’s white paper, the recent consultation, and the uncertainty surrounding the reforms that may follow. Families, professionals, and advocates are bracing themselves for what could be significant structural changes. Yet while attention is fixed on what might happen in the future, quiet procedural shifts are already taking place within the SEND Tribunal system changes that are

Lyndsay Critchlow
Jun 13 min read
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