Every Child Achieving and Thriving / SEND reforms
The government has announced a consultation on reforms to the schools and SEND systems in England to ensure that every child can achieve and thrive.
This white paper is "a plan to build a system that matches the ambition we have for our children, a system that works for the children neglected for too long, that stretches every child further, and sets them up to achieve and thrive."
Read the Policy paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving
Proposed changes to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including early, fair support, with shared accountabilities across local partners.
As part of the White Paper, every child with additional needs will benefit from better, more tailored support, as government unveils landmark £4 billion investment to make every school truly inclusive & transform outcomes for children with SEND. The government will:
- [NEW] Provide £1.6 bn over three years across every early years setting, school & post-16 setting, equating to thousands of pounds extra every year on top of existing core SEND funding, to run targeted & small group interventions at the earliest signs of children having additional needs
- [NEW] Invest £1.8 bn over three years for “Experts at Hand”:
- Every council working with Integrated Care Boards & health board will commission local professionals – educational psychology, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy & more – so they are routinely available in every area, whether or not children have an EHCP
- Special & alternative provision schools to provide expert training, direct interventions with children & short-term placements in their schools
- Once rolled out an average secondary school will receive over 160 days – around an additional full school year - worth of dedicated specialist time every year
- [NEW] Invest over £200 million so every community’s Best Start Family Hub provides a dedicated SEND outreach & support offer.
- [NEW] Invest £200 million to ensure all local authorities can transform how they operate in line with our reforms while maintaining current SEND services
- Train every teacher to be a teacher of children with SEND, with the biggest SEND training offer ever seen in English schools – backed by £200m - & a new requirement for all teachers to be trained to support children with SEND.
- Create 60,000 new places for children with SEND, including the 10,000 places already delivered, backed by investment of over £3.7bn.
Read the Open consultation: SEND reform: putting children and young people first
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