Councils’ SEND admin and transport costs balloon Town halls expect to spend £1.2bn bussing pupils to school this year, and £300m on administration for SEND pupils
Lib Dems would halve schools’ SEND funding contribution to £3k Party would give councils more money to cut what schools have to pay, and set up a ‘national body’ to fund most expensive support
Three more councils slammed over ‘systematic SEND failings’ Oxfordshire, Oldham and Plymouth received the lowest rating in inspections of their SEND services this summer
Kent’s mainstream SEND plans ‘put pupils’ chances at risk’ Council’s new target for 80 per cent of pupils with EHCPs in mainstream schools criticised
MPs demand answers from DfE after EHCP cuts target revealed The education committee is ‘concerned’ children’s ministers’ evidence ‘contradicts’ Newton Europe contract
David Johnston appointed children’s minister as Coutinho promoted He becomes the seventh minister to oversee the important SEND reforms
Families face a postcode lottery for SEND support. That needs to change Schools work tirelessly to meet pupils’ needs, but often this job has been too hard, writes children’s minister Claire Coutinho
Revealed: 7 new SEND free schools for cash-strapped council areas Ministers also confirm which councils will pilot major SEND reforms under £70m ‘change programme’