If the SEND system overhaul is not properly funded, it risks “rationing support and shifting blame onto schools” instead of fixing the “broken system”, parliament’s education committee has heard.
The government must engage with the looming impact of greatly increased SEND home-to-school transport costs, the County Councils Network insisted while publishing its estimate of the future financial...
Mounting debts from supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities effectively “hidden away” in council accounts could lead to nine in 10 affected authorities issuing a Section...
Some English councils will be able to establish academy trusts under new plans the government hopes will spur school academisation – a programme criticised last week for lacking clear financial...
