Send plan for England gets cautious welcome amid workload concerns
Tuesday 24th February 2026
Education leaders and MPs say government needs to be careful about mental health impact on leaders and teachers in already overstretched sector
Teachers and schools face “a huge ask” implementing the government’s special needs proposals affecting hundreds of thousands of children, according to education leaders and MPs who otherwise gave the plans a cautious welcome.
Under the plans unveiled by Bridget Phillipson, mainstream schools in England will assess pupils with special needs and draw up individual support plans (ISPs), creating a potential workload burden before the changes take full effect in 2029-30.
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