The reforms were announced in the Queen’s Speech as part of the Families and Children Bill and include measures to replace SEN statements with a single assessment and education, health and care plan for children aged from birth to 25 from 2014.
Councils and health services will be required to jointly plan and commission the services that children, young people and families with SEN or disabilities need.
But Jo Campion, deputy director of policy at the National Deaf Children’s Society, said that the reality in many local areas is that councils have cut services that proposed reforms rely on.
“Despite the government’s good intentions in committing to simpler processes for children with special educational needs and extended legal protection for young people, we are concerned that ministers are building their strategy on quicksand,” she said.
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