CCN: SEND Transport Costs Could Hit £3.4bn

CCN: SEND transport costs could hit £3.4bn

Councils have warned that the Government’s Schools White Paper must address spiralling special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) transport costs.

Contact responds to County Councils Network report about rising cost of school transport

Yesterday  the County Councils Network (CCN) published a report warning about the rising demand for school transport for children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities). It warned that costs are going up at an unsustainable rate and could cost councils £3.4bn by 2030-31. In the report they suggested that one way to reduce council costs would be to means test for school transport. This would mean that families above a specified in…

Schools White Paper cannot ignore looming £3.4bn SEND transport bill, councils warn

Councils in England are on course to be transporting over 100,000 more young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to school by the end of the decade if the system is not reformed, a new analysis reveals. The County Councils Network (CCN) estimates the yearly costs of providing school transport for young people with SEND could reach £3.4bn by 2030/31, £1.4bn more than last year, as demand continues to rise at an unsustain…