CYP Now - SEND review: More funding key to delivery of reforms, says ADCS

Children’s services leaders have welcomed government plans to improve support for children with special needs and disabilities (SEND) but warned that more funding will need to accompany it if the vision is to be achieved.

Charlotte Ramsden: 'Profiteering through public money on the basis of meeting children’s needs is unacceptable'. Picture: ADCS

The SEND and alternative provision green paper has been published following the review into support for children with SEND which was first launched in 2019 before being blighted by delays.

The paper, which builds on the schools white paper published on 28 March, sets out a series of measures for both children and young people with SEND in mainstream education and those in alternative provision settings. This includes the creation of new national standards across education, health and care and a legal duty on councils to introduce “local inclusion plans” across early years, schools and post-16 education.

Charlotte Ramsden, president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) 2021/22, welcomed the green paper’s focus on meeting the needs of children in mainstream education settings, with targeted support where needed.

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