A major new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) finds that in January 2019, 1.3 million school-age children were recorded as having SEND - 20.6 per cent of these were subject for education, health and care (EHC) plans, meaning more than one million children are not legally entitled to support despite being identified as needing additional support at school.
The report says receipt of EHC plans has become a “golden ticket” for parents of children with SEND.
Some 87.5 per cent of all pupils with SEND attended mainstream state primary and secondary schools in January 2019.
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