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England’s special educational needs (SEN) system is not delivering for children and young people. The system is financially unsustainable and in urgent need of reform. Report director, Emma Willson, provides an overview⤵️ Read our report:

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Ned Zeppelin1 year ago

I worked for an LA allocating services to children in schools. Between 2010 and 2017 when I retired, those services were all but gone. Ed Psychs totally gone. I had sencos in tears on the phone, whilst MPs were pouring millions into their mates bank accounts. I’ll never forgive.

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Reply Guy1 year ago

Oh, what a shocker! A broken system that’s financially unsustainable? Who could have seen that coming? Reform? Nah, let’s just keep doing the same thing and hope for a miracle!

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Dr Alison Pearson1 year ago

I think the closest scrutiny should be - what do all these people do to warrant such high salaries (NB this is page 1 of 40 for just one failing LA)

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