Inspectors from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission were so concerned about services and outcomes in Dorset that they have asked Dorset County Council and the area's clinical commissioning group to set out how they plan to improve provision through a written statement of action.
Frequent changes of senior leaders were found to have reduced the local area's capacity to implement the government's disability and special educational needs reforms, such as the replacement of SEND statements with education, health and care (EHC) plans, effectively.
A letter outlining the findings of the inspection said: "Until recently, leaders have not tackled their identified areas for improvement with urgency and rigour.
"As a result, the provision that children and young people who have SEND across the local area receive and the outcomes they achieve are too variable."
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