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<img alt="Extra SEND funding insufficient, warn children&#39;s services leaders " src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a5058bea-5134-4664-9503-328e316be9c5/1/20409278e67fadec991cda2275af40dfjpg-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Education Secretary Damian Hinds yesterday announced an additional £250m will be given to councils over the next two years to relieve budget pressures in the "high needs funding block", which pays for... </p>

<img alt="Council survey: 30 hours offer limits disadvantaged two-year-old places" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/296dfe09-b0cb-44c8-bdc2-b2b5242494ee/1/childcare-320x198.jpg" /> <p> According to a Department for Education survey of local authorities, 44 per cent of councils said they had experienced difficulties in providing 15 hours a week of funded childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds.... </p>

<img alt="Inspectors criticise SEND support in Northumberland" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/4d1b8910-c567-467b-88d6-23514d955216/2/northumberlandcouncil-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A joint inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission found that pupils with SEND are not doing well enough in mainstream education in the county, particularly in reading, writing and maths in primary... </p>

<img alt="Council commits to 100 per cent mental health treatment rate" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ec18f602-fa04-42a8-8382-aed6fdb84c53/1/timetochangedepressionmentalhealthcreditnewscastonline-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The London Borough of Southwark said it is the first local authority to make the pledge, which compares against a national NHS England target for 2020/21 for at least 35 per cent of children with a mental... </p>