From September, a raft of new duties will come into force that will radically alter how local authorities work with children and young people with special educational needs (SEN).
The provisions, introduced under the Children and Families Act 2014, build on development work carried out in some areas since 2011 by local authorities that have piloted new ways of assessing children's SEN needs and co-ordinating the service response to meet them.
Ministers have acknowledged the huge scale of the reform agenda, particularly for non-pilot areas.
So to help with the transition process, the government announced last month that a number of pilot areas will become pathfinder champions to act as strategic leads, helping their neighbouring councils to prepare for changes in a bid to ensure as smooth a transition as possible.
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