Local authorities face being stripped of control over SEND services if they fail “powerless” families, the minister in charge of major reforms has revealed.
Georgia Gould, the schools minister who is leading changes to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision, admitted that some local authorities have been “really failing families” in England.
Gould – who previously ran Camden council – has now confirmed that the Government will remove the license to provide SEND services from councils that are failing to adequately implement the reforms.
Councils are expected to improve services for families by increasing attendance for SEND children, reducing reliance on private special-school places, increasing access to education in mainstream schools, and boosting numbers of educational psychologists and speech and language therapists.
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