A joint inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Ofsted found that council and health services were not working well together across health, education and social care, leaving children and their families without effective support.
“There has been too little focus on the reality faced by children and young people with SEND, and their families in Slough,” states a letter to service leaders in the town.
It adds that “the majority of parents and carers do not feel understood, welcomed or helped”.
Parents told inspectors they were forced into “fighting over the years to have their child’s need identified and supported, without success”.
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