SEND system 'not working as well as it should' - top civil servant

By Naomi Larsson | 09 March 2020

The reformed system for supporting children with special and educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is ‘not working as well as it should,’ senior civil servants have admitted.

In the wake of the Government reforming the system for supporting young people with SEND in 2014, half of inspections have found ‘significant areas of weakness’.

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