LGA responds to NAHT report on Send funding

Responding to a report by the National Association of Head Teachers on funding for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said:

“The findings of this report reinforce the desperate need for the Government to provide significant, ongoing and sustainable funding to help councils manage the rising demand in support from pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

“We have previously warned that unless councils are given the funding to meet this need, they may not be able to meet their statutory duties and children with high needs or disabilities could miss out on a mainstream education.

“As a starting point we are calling for an urgent review of funding to meet the unprecedented rise in demand that councils are experiencing.”