What is SEND and how many children get support?

What is SEND and how many children get support?

The government has set out its planned changes to the special educational needs system in a new White Paper.

Government announces new rights for children with SEND

This advice applies in England only. All schools will have to create an Individual Support Plan (ISP) for every child with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) that clearly set out the help a child will receive, the government has announced today. The support will follow a national framework and be tailored by teachers and specialists. The government says extra funding will make services like speech and language therapy and small gr…