Under the new system, due to be introduced in September next year, SEN statements will be replaced by single education, health and care plans, requiring co-operation between all local services.
But speaking at the annual Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) conference in Manchester, Timpson warned that preparing for the change would not be easy.
He said that areas trialling the new arrangements – which will place a new duty on health services to work with local authorities to assess and meet a child or young person’s needs – had found the process to be challenging.
“Experience from the pathfinders tells us it is a long, hard journey to get the culture change needed to make these reforms work on the ground,” he said.
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