A review into standards of residential special schools and colleges has highlighted significant failures in the way councils commission and provide services.
The Good Intentions, Good Enough? review, co-chaired by Dame Christine Lenehan, director of the Council for Disabled Children, and Mark Geraghty, chief executive of residential special school provider the Seashell Trust, uncovered multiple problems with the existing system, including a lack of support to help pupils stay in non-residential schools.
The year-long review also found that a culture of mistrust between local authorities and providers was harming children's wellbeing. This is being exacerbated by authorities failing to commit resources to strategic, long-term planning.
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