Media

Media

Our recent media coverage

‘We’re terrified our children’s futures will be destroyed by huge special education shake-up’

250,000 SEND pupils could lose their legal guarantees of extra support

April 2025

Children with special needs waiting two years to be assessed

‘A STAKE IN THE HEART’ I felt I’d failed my brother, 17, on day he died & couldn’t say his name as I hid the pain, says Traitors star Alexander

Councils splurge £18m on private special schools with repeated failures

March 2025

City schools to get new special provision places

Tens of thousands of vulnerable SEND pupils could miss Labour free breakfast clubs

GCSEs are too academic and holding pupils back, review finds

January 2025

Children with learning difficulties being failed by chaotic and unequal government support system, says damning report

Woman’s Hour on Radio 4 – Jan 15 2025, DCP spokesperson and CEO of Kids Katie Ghose responds to the Public Accounts Committee Report on SEND provision

2024

BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour – one hour live special from the radio theatre at Broadcasting House on SEND

Why being labelled ‘autistic’ aged 14 saved my life

Plea for financial health of councils to be considered in SEND tribunals

One moment in Rachel Reeves’ Budget made me reflect on 20 years of hell

Breakfast clubs must be for all children in England, say disability charities

ITV News investigation reveals shocking scale of special educational needs crisis across UK

Families of disabled children wait months for respite care due to council cuts

Our Media Team

We are represented by Cause Communications. If you are interested in featuring the DCP in your work please contact sam.carlisle@causecommunications.co.uk or jenna.sloan@causecommunications.co.uk.

Media Spokespeople

A number of our Steering Group members regularly act as spokespeople for the DCP in print and on TV and radio. Most notably, our Chair, Anna Bird and Campaign Manager, Stephen Kingdom.

Journalism Toolkit

If you are interested in writing about disabled children, or need clarifications about anything related to language, or laws you can read our Journalism Toolkit.

Developed to support journalists it covers the basic details that are needed when writing a story or interviewing a family. You can read the Toolkit here.