CYP Now - SEND and AP green paper response: Government confirms plans for system ‘transformation’

The government’s long-awaited response to the SEND and alternative provision (AP) green paper includes plans for new national standards for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and the digitisation of education, health and care plans (EHCPs).

The report includes greater training for professionals. Picture: Ermolaev Alexandr/Adobe Stock

The Department for Education has pledged £70m for the reforms over the next two to three years to implement pilot projects centred around the plans in nine local authority areas “to implement, test and refine longer-term plans, including new digital requirements for local authority EHCP processes and options for strengthening mediation”.

It adds that high needs funding for local authorities in 2023/24 will rise to £10.1bn, a 50 per cent increase on allocations seen in 2019/20.

The changes will also include a strengthened joint local authority inspection regime between Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission, according to DfE.

National standards for SEND and AP settings

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