SEND

Revealed: Councils slice £67m from school budgets to prop up SEND deficits

Four-fold increase in the school funding councils have shifted to fill high needs budget blackholes

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Labour: SEND challenge ‘enormous’ but plan will come post-election

Party needs 'much fuller understanding' of 'how chaotic the system has become and what needs to change'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
SEND

Council faces legal action over controversial safety valve deal

Parents call for 'transparency' on high needs bail outs

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Trauma, expense and delays: Symptoms of a SEND system in ‘complete crisis’

Complaints to the SEND watchdog have nearly tripled over the past five years

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Struggling council gets first SEND ‘improvement adviser’ 

John Coughlan, who is also a commissioner in Birmingham, will advise Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Analysis reveals extent of SEND stealth funding cuts

Special Needs Jungle research reveals top-up funding has been stagnant since 2018 in a third of areas

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Educational psychologist shortage having ‘significant impact’

Ombudsman warning after Surrey pupil's family needed counselling amid education, health and care plan delay

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

MPs: Councils face ‘cliff-edge’ of ‘bankruptcy’ over SEND funding

Committee urges ministers to agree 'realistic' steps and additional cash to eliminate high needs budget deficits

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
SEND

Councils with SEND bailouts increasingly ‘monitored’ by ministers

Two councils given £119m were off-track within months of bailouts being signed off

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth