Mainstream schools will receive extra council money upfront next year to ensure they can cope with teaching more SEND children under the Government’s sweeping reforms.
The plans will reduce the need for schools to go through a lengthy process to secure additional funding for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which can leave families waiting months for support.
The changes are intended to give parents confidence that schools will have the resources needed to help their children and encourage more schools to accept them.
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The Government wants to include more children with SEND in mainstream schools to bring down the soaring costs of supporting them via education, health and care plans (EHCPs) and private special school places, but parents fear that provisions will be inadequate.
