The wide-ranging criticisms of the council’s efforts to provide better SEND services were laid bare in the first full report from a commissioner appointed to oversee improvements in the city last year.
John Coughlan, whose findings are outlined in Improving Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) services in Birmingham have been presented to the Education Secretary, said services remained under “tremendous duress” operating under “relatively chaotic systems” that had shown limited improvements.
The government issued a direction notice to the council in October after it was urged to improve 13 “significant” areas of weakness in its SEND provision following an inspection by Ofsted in June 2018.
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