SEC News

May 2012

• SEC briefs Education Select Committee on the Secretary of State's role in hearing complaints against schools

April 2012

• SEC briefs on next steps in school funding reform
• SEC responds to the Raising the Participation Age regulations

March 2012

• SEC welcomes the Office of the Children's Commissioner School Exclusions Inquiry and comments on the recommendations
• SEC briefs on academies and permanent exclusions

February 2012

• SEC briefs on structural changes in health and education services
• SEC briefs Parliament on problems with new phonics check for children with SEN
• SEC welcome Government commitment to exempt local authority expenditure in relation to SEN services from the academy recoupment process for 2012-13
• SEC launches Post 16 working group.

January 2012

• SEC responds to the 16-19 funding formula review consultation

December 2011

• SEC responds to the implementing the requirement for schools and local authorities to provide auxiliary aids for disbled children under the Equality Act 2010
• SEC members collate research on cuts to disability, school and SEN services

November 2011

• SEC briefs on the evaluation of the phonics screening check pilots

July 2011

• SEC publishes final response to SEN & Disability Green Paper

April 2011

• Green Paper launched on SEC website

March 2011

• SEC issues initial statement on Support and Aspiration Green Paper

December 2010

• SEC briefs parliament on proposals to remove all legal aid for education matters

October 2010

• SEC Parliamentary Vice-Chair submits oral evidence to the Education Select Committee on behaviour

September 2010

• SEC submits response to the Green Paper on SEN and disability call for evidence
• SEC submits evidence to the Education Select Committee's inquiry into behaviour in schools
• SEC submits written evidence to the Education Select Committee's inquiry into the role and performance of Ofsted

August 2010

• SEC Parliamentary Group secures significant victories during the passage of the Academies Act 2010