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Articles in Fair4All Education

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About The BuDS SEND Transitions Service

Ben Clark

The BuDS SEND Transitions Service is a three-year project funded by The Rothschild Foundation. The purpose of the SEND Transitions Service is to improve the experience of disabled children and young people moving through key transitions within school education and from school education into work or further/higher education. It will do this by: 

  • Investigating and reporting on services supporting disabled children and young people.
  • Assessing to what extent the needs of disabled children and young people are met by existing services.  
  • Proposing new and improved services to eliminate gaps and address deficiencies, including new BuDS and Reach4Work services.

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work.

To learn more about the Reach4Work workstream, which is looking at disabled young people’s transition from education to employment, click here.

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Online Launch Will Highlight ‘Devastating and Shocking’ Experiences of SEND Children and Young People in Bucks

Ben Clark

So that as many people as possible can attend, the launch has been postponed to Thursday 24 July at 2pm. All current attendees who’ve already registered will automatically get registered for the new event.

New research by local disability charity BuDS has highlighted the ‘devastating and shocking’ experience of SEND children and young people in Bucks within education. The results of the three-year research study will dismay parents and teachers, and add to the pressure on Buckinghamshire Council to improve SEND* education in Bucks.

BuDS will be revealing the outcome of their research at a live online launch event on Thursday 24 July 2025, and disabled/SEND young people, parents and carers, and all education professionals are invited to attend. Journalists and reporters are also welcome. The charity will also be announcing a major new initiative to improve SEND education in Bucks at the event.

Launch Details

  • 24 July 2025, 2-4 pm (access from 1:45 pm)
  • Fully remote via Teams webinar
  • Accessible for all disabled people
  • Opportunities for questions and reactions

Registration is essential.

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Moving Through Key Educational Transitions as a Disabled Young Person: The Education Workstream of the SEND Transitions Service

Ben Clark

The BuDS SEND Transitions Service is a three-year project funded by The Rothschild Foundation. The purpose of the SEND Transitions Service is to improve the experience of disabled children and young people moving through key transitions within school education and from school education into work or further/higher education. 

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work. This page explains the Education workstream, which is within the BuDS Fair4All Education project. 

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Disabled Young People’s Transition From Education To Work: The Employment Workstream of the SEND Transitions Service

Ben Clark

The BuDS SEND Transitions Service is a three-year project funded by The Rothschild Foundation. The purpose of the SEND Transitions Service is to improve the experience of disabled children and young people moving through key transitions within school education and from school education into work or further/higher education.

The SEND Transitions Service is made up of workstreams from a number of BuDS projects, principally Fair4All Education and Reach4Work. This page explains the Employment workstream, which is within the BuDS Reach4Work project.

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Fair4All Education – SEND Project Volunteer

Ben Clark
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Would you like to help fix the issues with SEND Education in Bucks? We are looking for volunteers to join our SEND Education Transitions project. The project will be carrying out a headline SEND transitions service audit, identifying gaps and deficiencies in service, and then working with partners to develop new services, fixes, and solutions.

As a volunteer with the SEND Transition Service, you will have the opportunity to support its work in ways that match your experience, skills, and availability. Some of the specific opportunities are listed below. BuDS prides itself on finding a role for anyone – if you are interested in SEND education, there is bound to be something you can do to help.

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Is Your School on the Fair4All Education School Database?

Ben Clark

For schools, answering prospective parent requests for SEND-related information can be very time-consuming. Every SENDCO knows the flood of e-mails and phone calls which arrive seeking information and clarification, particularly around popular visiting times.

BuDS’s Fair4All Education project wants to save schools’ time and help them focus on their core work of education. So, we are compiling an online database of the most important information that parents and carers of SEND children need to know. Every school in Bucks will be e-mailed to ask them to provide essential information about their SEND provision for this database. Over time, we will build up a new comprehensive database for SEND parents and carers to use, updated every term.

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SEND: Choosing The Right School In Bucks

Ben Clark

Every parent or carer knows it’s critical to choose the right school for their SEND child. But finding the information you need can be difficult and time-consuming, as you often have to trawl through school websites, go on visits, and talk to other parents. Two initiatives from BuDS’ Fair4All Education project will make it easier for you to choose the right school.

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SEND School Database – Coming Soon!

Ben Clark

BuDS is currently contacting all the schools in Bucks to ask them to provide essential information about their SEND provision. Over time, we will build up a new comprehensive database for parents and carers to use, updated every term. The database will be available on this page soon.

This is a project run by volunteers and we can do more if we have more help. If you’d like to join the Fair4All Education team and help us support SEND parents and carers, please email volunteering@buds.org.uk or leave us a voicemail on 01495 211179. We welcome parents, carers, professionals and of course disabled young people (18+) themselves.