CYP Now - The big debate: Can the SEND improvement plan create a less adversarial system?

CYP Now hosts an expert panel to discuss whether government plans to ‘transform’ services for children with special educational needs and disabilities will create a less adversarial experience for securing support.

Families' expectations for SEND provision are not being met by the current system. Picture: atitaph/Adobe Stock

In its report, The Special Educational Needs and Disability and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan: Right Support, Right Place, Right Time, the government set out plans to “transform” the current SEND system, underpinned by new national standards.

These reforms partially aim to address challenges stemming from 2014 legislation, which raised families’ expectations of SEND provision, but lacked sufficient resources to meet the rising demand.

In the first of a new series of video debates, editor of CYP Now Derren Hayes, welcomes panellists Gregg Burrough, Hazel Clarke and Annamarie Hassall for a debate on whether the SEND reforms will make the system less adversarial for securing support.

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