SPIRALLING DEMAND AND SHRINKING BUDGETS: WHY ENGLAND’S SEND SYSTEM IS BUCKLING
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✍️ The special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system in England's schools has been criticized for being complex, fragmented, and adversarial, with record numbers of families seeking tribunal courts to overturn local authority decisions.
👉 The Send system is complex and fragmented, leading to lengthy and bitter battles between families and authorities 👉 Record numbers of families are seeking tribunal courts to overturn local authority decisions 👉 The system is costly, with the accumulated deficit in English councils' high-needs budgets standing at £3.3bn 👉 The government has announced plans to reform the system, but experts warn that there are no quick fixes 👉 All options for reform are expensive, disruptive, and time-consuming
-- #EdwardTimpson #SamFreedman #HelenHayes #KemiBadenoch #BridgetPhillipson #education
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