SEND cash splash: What does it all add up to—and will ditching debt improve provision?

Last week, the government published details of the Final Local Government Financial Settlement, the package that sets out what funding Whitehall provides to councils each year. Normally, education doesn’t feature …

SEND funding reforms will be immensely painful—but the current situation is chaotic and sinking fast

Last month, the Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson announced the government was delaying the announcement of reforms to the English SEND system until 2026. She said changes to …

Does the SEND Safety Valve scheme have a future under the Labour Government? And if so, who’s next?

The new government has plenty in its in-tray. That in-tray includes SEND (below), and one of the things at the top of the teetering SEND pile will be funding. Most …