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Teaching unions have complained that the extra money announced for special educational needs (Send) in schools in England today (see 10.35am) does not go far enough.
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said while investment in education is always welcome, the latest figures are “a very long way short of the level of funding that is needed”. He added:
The special educational needs system is on its knees, with many local authority high needs budgets in deficit, children waiting for assessments and lack of money in schools for provision.
It seems everyone, even the government, now accepts we are in the middle of a full-blown crisis when it comes to Send.
However, this hasn’t just come out of nowhere – we have been warning about this for years and it is immensely frustrating just how little progress the government has made on actually tackling the issue.
Michael Gove, the levelling up secretary, will chair the inaugural session of the East-West Council in Dover House in London.
The establishment of the forum was pledged in the UK government’s Safeguarding the Union command paper.
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