By failing to adequately fund their own policy, ministers have created a destructive standoff between families, councils and schools
A decade after David Cameron’s coalition government overhauled provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in England, it has never been clearer that the system is in crisis. A raft of measures designed to appeal to parents, by promising them greater influence over their children’s education, has resulted in a destructive standoff between families, schools and councils – because ministers failed to adequately fund their own policy.
Instead of the choices that were offered, parents of pupils who, for a range of reasons, are not thriving in mainstream classrooms, have been forced to fight for the resources that local authorities must provide to enable them to access education. Long waiting times for NHS autism assessments, combined with delays in issuing education, health and care plans (EHCPs) – the documents that set out children’s entitlements – mean that thousands of families are stuck. Even where plans have been agreed, there are many instances in which pupils do not receive the placement or support that they ought to guarantee. Families are left trapped, knowing that needs are not being met but unable to remedy what can turn into a damaging experience of exclusion from education.
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