However, they warn that wider reform of the SEND system is needed to deliver further improvements to children’s lives.
In announcing the uplift Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said that the government “is committed to improving SEND provision” and money will be released to councils from this year.
The funding will also be used to improve alternative education for those not in mainstream schools.
This is the second ever largest year-on-year increase to SEND and alternative education funding, Reeves added.
County Councils Network chair Tim Oliver has described the additional SEND investment as “vital”, adding “we are pleased the government recognises this as a down payment ahead of reforming the system to make it sustainable in the long-term”.
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