Thanks to Covid-19, the autumn term presents new challenges for those working with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Some pupils with SEND, especially those identified at the SEN Support level, may have been out of school since March. Others may have had access to school, but not received their full entitlement of support as schools and councils have responded to and managed the Covid-19 response in the summer.
Some families have reported excellent support from their schools, with high-quality and suitably differentiated work sent home, others have not had this experience. This period seems to have amplified existing strengths and weaknesses in provision – where relationships and understanding of an individual child’s needs have been strong, the support experienced by the family has also been positive, where these elements were lacking previously, and weaknesses have been exacerbated.
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