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Nasharie Oluwa, 35, used the badge to go shopping while her six-year-old daughter was at school, though she initially tried to claim that the youngster was with her at the time. After checks with the school uncovered the truth, Oluwa, 35, of Great Denham in Bedfordshire, pleaded guilty to one offence of misusing a blue badge.

Former headteacher, James Harris, who is also the father of adopted children with SEND, is launching called “Finding Common Ground“. It aims to offer free advice to parents and carers where their child is struggling to thrive in secondary school.

The Royal Free hospital children’s school is running programmes at the renovated Konstam Centre in Camden. ‘These children are not in a good place,’ said Alex Yates, the headteacher at the Royal Free hospital children’s school. ‘We’ve got to provide them with innovative ways to get out of that.’

ITV News has been given exclusive access to the trial of a device allowing those confined to their homes a chance to explore venues like museums and galleries. The “mounting video conferencing unit” was developed by assistive technology charity Special Effect.

Children out of education, careers cut short and crumbling mental health – These are some of the ways parents of children with special educational needs (SEND) say they are being impacted by a system struggling with demand. BBC South Investigations has spoken to three women to see how they cope with limited support.