Problems with SEND provision

Several articles focus on the issues with SEND funding – here are a few of them:

• Schools Week has documented the growing crisis;
• BBC: Councils in England are forecasting a massive shortfall in budgets for SEND;
• The Guardian: Record 576,000 pupils have special needs support plan in England;
• The Independent: Children with special needs are being failed;
• The Special Needs Jungle: 18.4% with SEND in 2024, and girls are increasingly suffering;

And if you want to look at the latest data reported by the DfE, you can find the report here.