EXC: Downing Street Has Not Formed Plan to Deal With Upcoming SEND Rebellion

Downing Street is yet to form a strategy to deal with an upcoming rebellion over special educational needs provision. Two overnight splashes in the Times and the Guardian have brought the issue to the fore…

Ministers including Bridget Phillipson are making headlines by refusing to guarantee current SEND provisions will be legally guaranteed for children with special needs as the government looks for cost-savings in an efficiency drive for the system, which currently costs £11 billion.[…] Read the rest