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More SEND pupils could go to mainstream schools as support shake-up is considered (inews.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

So there will be more funds from the central pot for councils to fund supporting SEND at mainstream school, right? RIGHT?

Honestly this is a dumb a decision as I have seen so far from this government. SEND in mainstream schools already costs a huge amount of a councils budget and is massively underfunded and under resourced as a consequence.

All it does is lower every pupils attainment not just the SEND kids who also have an unsuitable environment forced on them.

Couple this with successive governments making it harder to get a proper EHCP if they haven't started the process in Primary School means there are far more kids than on the offiical SEND list that should be getting proper support.

Whats actually needed is picking a mainstream school in each area and converting it to a dedicated SEND school as a minimum. Then moving those who would benefit to that school while moving those who wouldn't out. Most areas have more than enough kids for this to work. Its not going to completely solve the problem but it would be a big improvement on the shit show we have now.