'Getting my child into the right SEND school was like a full-time job'
Ally Hunter-Byron says the SEND system as "broken" after battling for almost two years to find her autistic son Sidney a school that can meet his needs.
Katie Cole
Reporter, ITV Tyne Tees
Follow @katiecoletvKatie is an award winning journalist and reports from across the North East. She started her career in commercial radio and joined Tyne Tees from the BBC where she worked as a radio journalist and TV current affairs producer.
Headteacher says UK has 'some of best SEND provision in world' but not enough
James Waller, from Sunningdale School, has labelled the lack of places for children requiring specialist support in education a "travesty".
Schoolgirl chats TikTok with the Queen at VIP tea party
Lyla O'Donovan, who has a rare brain tumour, was invited to a private tea party at Buckingham Palace.