Sheffield City Council has not implemented the 2014 disability and SEND reforms consistently and swiftly enough, according to the report by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission.
This has resulted is a string of weaknesses in provision, including that children and young people with SEND and their families have "widely different experiences of the local area's arrangements for identifying, assessing and meeting their needs".
"Too many children and young people do not have their needs assessed accurately or in a timely way."
The report requires the local area to submit a written statement of action to Ofsted that explains how it will tackle the "significant areas of weakness in the local area's practice".
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