By Margaret Doyle This post is in two parts: Part 1, published here, sets out what we know from research about young people’s involvement in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) dispute resolution; Part 2 will follow and explore what we know about involving young people with SEN in research and what research gaps exist. […]
‘Anecdote rich but data poor’: The exponential growth of mediation in a shadowy corner of administrative justice
A little-known fact is that mediation is alive and well, indeed thriving, in administrative justice in England. This is in the area of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), in which, under the Children and Families Act 2014, mediation has been given unprecedented prominence as one of the mechanisms for addressing challenges to local authority […] […]