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Some schools are 'resistant' to admitting children with SEND even when they have been named in an EHCP, leaving pupils without a place, says adjudicator

This is a Death Notice for Chan Scott published on 2023-07-21 in The Tribune Democrat

The government's key promise to fix the broken SEND system is to make mainstream schools more inclusive. But how big a challenge will this be?

The total number of EHC plans reached 430,700 in January, a 10% rise compared with 2020 and the 10th successive year of increases in special needs plans or statements. Just over 30% of the plans were for children with autism as their primary need. “Many of the schools and families participating in the research had experienced long wait times and high levels of bureaucracy in the education, health and care plan process,” Ofsted said. “In some instances, families were commissioning or paying for additional services themselves. This suggests that the playing field is not level for...