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Special Needs Jungle Ltd
Writing and Editing
Fleet, Hampshire 12,112 followers
SNJ is an award-winning SEND website offering news, info and informed opinion about SEND & influencing SEND policy
About us
Special Needs Jungle is a non-profit company Limited by Guarantee. SNJ began as a blog in 2008, aimed at helping parents navigate the special educational needs and disability system in England. It became a registered organisation in 2014 and now has three volunteer Directors. The website provides information, news, resources and informed opinion on special educational needs, disability, mental health, and child health conditions and chronic illness, with a focus on rare diseases. Our wide audience is made up of parent carers, education and health professionals and those people working in local and national government. We have a strong line up of expert columnists who provide insight into their specific areas for our readers.
- Website
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https://www.specialneedsjungle.com
External link for Special Needs Jungle Ltd
- Industry
- Writing and Editing
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Fleet, Hampshire
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- Special educational Needs, Disability in Children and young people, Child health conditions, and Children's rare disease
Locations
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Primary
Get directions
Fleet, Hampshire GU513LR, GB
Employees at Special Needs Jungle Ltd
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Tania Tirraoro FRSA
National SEND Adviser, Founder/Co-Director, Special Needs Jungle Ltd, Journalist
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Angela Kelly
PgCert Autism. Reg. MBACPCounsellor - EmotionsCounsellingandPsychotherapy.com, School Counsellor and Private Practice counsellor
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Renata Watts FRSA
Co-Director Special Needs Jungle, Co-Founder SEND Community Alliance, Foster Carer
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Lucy Njuguna
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Updates
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A reminder of SNJ’s advice and prompts for submitting your personal evidence to the 2025 Education Select Committee’s SEND Inquiry. What other help do you need? Let us know below... https://lnkd.in/e6Duc7wg
SNJ’s advice and prompts for submitting evidence to the 2025 Education Select Committee’s SEND Inquiry - Special Needs Jungle
specialneedsjungle.com
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Free webinar this February: How to support a person with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - from Pavilion Learn https://lnkd.in/e8rsPfaF
Free webinar: How to support a person with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - Pavilion Learn
https://learn.pavpub.com
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The number of children referred to emergency mental healthcare in England has risen by 10% in a year, with lengthy waiting lists for regular NHS care pushing more to crisis point. https://lnkd.in/d8J8cSyJ
Urgent referrals of children in mental health crisis in England rise 13% in year
theguardian.com
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Wishing all our wonderful, caring, passionate, dedicated #SEND community and your families a Happy New Year. Thank you for all your support—and we hope you’ll be with us in 2025, as we keep advocating for all of our #disabled children’s rights #HappyNewYear2025 #HNY2025
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Children with #SEND are now the focus of the culture war & the budget debate—Labour must tread carefully. SEND parent John Harris warns politicians picking a fight with us would be well advised to bear in mind our “resilience and spirit.” https://lnkd.in/eWaDiiMu
Children with special needs are now the focus of the culture war and the budget debate – Labour must tread carefully | John Harris
theguardian.com
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This is what we’re up against: “The very people making indefensible SEND decisions [for EHCPs] are now advising central government that it’s the Tribunal itself that’s the problem. Not them. And, shockingly, central government is listening” https://lnkd.in/eE-xQd_W
55% rise in 2024 SEND Tribunal appeals. LAs’ 1.3% success rate cost £153m. The cost to families? Incalculable - Special Needs Jungle
specialneedsjungle.com
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NEW POST: A Christmas gift for you—Matt has created a template with SNJ’s advice and prompts for submitting your evidence to the 2025 Education Committee’s SEND Inquiry https://lnkd.in/e6Duc7wg
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Keir Starmer looks at sweeping reforms to special education needs. Paywalled FT article but you can read it here: https://archive.is/Pw2eP It's misinformed and ignorant, referring to "statements" and “lighter” SEND needs "such as ADHD and autism". Again, it's NOT the law, it's NOT the children, it's the people "running" the system who've caused the crisis. They're why early intervention and in-school support is dire. Fix them first and EHCPs will fall. Slashing disabled children's rights is not dealing with the issue, it's telling families their children are not important. Meanwhile, this is what Kir Starmer told the Liaison committee last week: https://lnkd.in/ey88hRep (Q53 and in image below)
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