The High Court recently ruled that the process used by Bristol City Council to draw up plans to cut SEND support by £7m over the next three years was legally flawed.
The local authority drew up the plans in response to an overspend in its high needs block of funding, which is given to councils by the government to pay for additional support for pupils with SEND. The council said the amount of high needs funding it receives has failed to keep pace with rising numbers of pupils with special needs.
The council proposed making £5.1m of funding cuts in 2018/19, and the remainder over the next two years, with special schools bearing the brunt.
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