Schools are twice as likely than parents to have requests for education health and care plans (EHCPs) approved by councils, new research has revealed....
Ministers have withheld £18 million from five councils with high needs funding blackholes, with their bailout agreements now officially “suspended”. Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Hillingdon, Norfolk...
Ministers have appointed the first SEND “improvement adviser” at a council in negotiations for a multi-million pound government bailout to stave off bankruptcy. Bournemouth,...