SEND costs us £12 billion now and it's going to rise to £18 billion by 2029
Since 2018 the number of children with EHCP's has risen by 80%
Startling
Since 2018 the number of children with EHCP's has risen by 80%
Startling
January 12, 2026 at 8:20 AM
SEND costs us £12 billion now and it's going to rise to £18 billion by 2029
Since 2018 the number of children with EHCP's has risen by 80%
Startling
Since 2018 the number of children with EHCP's has risen by 80%
Startling
In theory, yes. But in practice, a diagnosis of Autism (for example) is evidence for PIP and assessors ask about it during the interview. Same with EHCP's: Local Authorities take an Autism diagnosis as evidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
In theory, yes. But in practice, a diagnosis of Autism (for example) is evidence for PIP and assessors ask about it during the interview. Same with EHCP's: Local Authorities take an Autism diagnosis as evidence.
Maybe if we focused attention on supporting SEND children in mainstream, with the correct support and training, that would then help those who are undiagnosed, masking or those who do not meet the criteria for EHCP's.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Maybe if we focused attention on supporting SEND children in mainstream, with the correct support and training, that would then help those who are undiagnosed, masking or those who do not meet the criteria for EHCP's.
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Poplar and Limehouse has the highest percentage of students with EHCP’s in mainstream schools www.londondaily.news/poplar-and-l... #news #london #londonnews
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September 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Poplar and Limehouse has the highest percentage of students with EHCP’s in mainstream schools www.londondaily.news/poplar-and-l... #news #london #londonnews
I thought she’d been reshuffled. Tough being a Schools Minister and handling SEND, tougher being a parent. Maybe she was disappointed with the handling of reappointments and plans to scrap EHCP’s.
September 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I thought she’d been reshuffled. Tough being a Schools Minister and handling SEND, tougher being a parent. Maybe she was disappointed with the handling of reappointments and plans to scrap EHCP’s.
As a governor at a secondary in the same situation, all I've seen is underfunding. The fact that the first £6,000 of each EHCP's demand on the school comes from the (already stretched) school budget makes it very hard to provision necessary support.
August 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
As a governor at a secondary in the same situation, all I've seen is underfunding. The fact that the first £6,000 of each EHCP's demand on the school comes from the (already stretched) school budget makes it very hard to provision necessary support.
Shock horror, no accountability to #EHCP’s
Parents withdraw SEND children from school over safety fears - BBC News
#Failure #Safeguarding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parents withdraw SEND children from school over safety fears - BBC News
#Failure #Safeguarding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parents withdraw SEND children from school over safety fears
They say they are not being given the correct support in school, leading to dangerous situations.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Shock horror, no accountability to #EHCP’s
Parents withdraw SEND children from school over safety fears - BBC News
#Failure #Safeguarding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Parents withdraw SEND children from school over safety fears - BBC News
#Failure #Safeguarding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
labour stands for taking away children's ehcp's.
July 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
labour stands for taking away children's ehcp's.
Oh #SkyNews do your research please… EHCP’s are not just private schools & taxi’s.. 🙄
EHCP’s are this week’s welfare reform. Sure Sam & Beth will have a podcast this week on this..
Lazy ‘journalism’. We deserve better.
#factsnotclickbait
EHCP’s are this week’s welfare reform. Sure Sam & Beth will have a podcast this week on this..
Lazy ‘journalism’. We deserve better.
#factsnotclickbait
July 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh #SkyNews do your research please… EHCP’s are not just private schools & taxi’s.. 🙄
EHCP’s are this week’s welfare reform. Sure Sam & Beth will have a podcast this week on this..
Lazy ‘journalism’. We deserve better.
#factsnotclickbait
EHCP’s are this week’s welfare reform. Sure Sam & Beth will have a podcast this week on this..
Lazy ‘journalism’. We deserve better.
#factsnotclickbait
BBC News - Government urged to keep education plans for children with special needs
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands of children depend on EHCP's to access education.
Scrapping them would be a grotesque betrayal, if not abandonment, of these children and their families.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands of children depend on EHCP's to access education.
Scrapping them would be a grotesque betrayal, if not abandonment, of these children and their families.
Ministers urged to keep education plans for children with special needs
Campaigners warn thousands of children could lose access to education if the plans are abolished.
www.bbc.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
BBC News - Government urged to keep education plans for children with special needs
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands of children depend on EHCP's to access education.
Scrapping them would be a grotesque betrayal, if not abandonment, of these children and their families.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thousands of children depend on EHCP's to access education.
Scrapping them would be a grotesque betrayal, if not abandonment, of these children and their families.
A powerful piece, but as someone who has been watching this debate for forty years, it seems to me that EHCP's were set up to make the relationship between special needs parents and local authorities more adversarial - targeting 'evil' LEAs as the focus of the ten minutes hate.
July 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A powerful piece, but as someone who has been watching this debate for forty years, it seems to me that EHCP's were set up to make the relationship between special needs parents and local authorities more adversarial - targeting 'evil' LEAs as the focus of the ten minutes hate.
Its well known that govts often fly policies in public, either to see what the reaction is or to leak something really bad so when you only do something bad its received more positively. But what about all the stress & worry caused? Its no way to run a govt.
This time its EHCP's
This time its EHCP's
July 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Its well known that govts often fly policies in public, either to see what the reaction is or to leak something really bad so when you only do something bad its received more positively. But what about all the stress & worry caused? Its no way to run a govt.
This time its EHCP's
This time its EHCP's
Is the Government about to scrap EHCP’s for children with special educational needs and disabilities? Ahead of a White Paper published on the issue, Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social tells #bbclaurak she wants to build a “better system” for children. @bbclaurak.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Is the Government about to scrap EHCP’s for children with special educational needs and disabilities? Ahead of a White Paper published on the issue, Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social tells #bbclaurak she wants to build a “better system” for children. @bbclaurak.bsky.social
Bridget Phillipson unwilling to say whether she will scrap EHCP’s.
This is incredibly concerning.
#SEND
#Education
This is incredibly concerning.
#SEND
#Education
July 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Bridget Phillipson unwilling to say whether she will scrap EHCP’s.
This is incredibly concerning.
#SEND
#Education
This is incredibly concerning.
#SEND
#Education
An EHCP isn’t just about services and diagnoses (which are not necessary), it’s about the life and identity of a young person. A strong EHCP can transform their experience. For more information on EHCP's and online provision - https://bit.ly/ehcponline
July 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
An EHCP isn’t just about services and diagnoses (which are not necessary), it’s about the life and identity of a young person. A strong EHCP can transform their experience. For more information on EHCP's and online provision - https://bit.ly/ehcponline
this proves my point that if so many need extra support to cope in mainstream schools they need to think about the failings of the MAINSTREAM education system, not the criteria for EHCP's
its the MAINSTREAM that needs to change
#schools #send
@schoolsweek.bsky.social
its the MAINSTREAM that needs to change
#schools #send
@schoolsweek.bsky.social
1 in 20 pupils now have EHCP after numbers rise again
One in 20 children in England now have an EHCP after another 11 per cent yearly rise, show new figures that will put more pressure on SEND reforms
schoolsweek.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
this proves my point that if so many need extra support to cope in mainstream schools they need to think about the failings of the MAINSTREAM education system, not the criteria for EHCP's
its the MAINSTREAM that needs to change
#schools #send
@schoolsweek.bsky.social
its the MAINSTREAM that needs to change
#schools #send
@schoolsweek.bsky.social
The cuts to public and local authorities have seen early intervention diagnosis and provision stripped to the bone.
EHCP’s have become the only route for parents and carers to get the support their children and young people desperately need.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
EHCP’s have become the only route for parents and carers to get the support their children and young people desperately need.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Councils in England warn of mass bankruptcies as Send deficits soar
Local authorities say a £5bn shortfall in special needs funding could leave dozens effectively insolvent within months
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The cuts to public and local authorities have seen early intervention diagnosis and provision stripped to the bone.
EHCP’s have become the only route for parents and carers to get the support their children and young people desperately need.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
EHCP’s have become the only route for parents and carers to get the support their children and young people desperately need.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
When a child needing immediate help has to wait nearly 2 years I'm sorry, that as a failure. When they are finally applied and the child has other needs, that is also a problem. Many are happy with EHCP's but for many others, myself included, there needs to be change, but I appreciate the debate
May 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
When a child needing immediate help has to wait nearly 2 years I'm sorry, that as a failure. When they are finally applied and the child has other needs, that is also a problem. Many are happy with EHCP's but for many others, myself included, there needs to be change, but I appreciate the debate
I worked in the educational system with children with EHCP's whilst a great idea the process can take months, parents and staff like myself can find them frustrating. The new programmes I believe can work more successfully as they constantly adapt to the childs needs and are more immediate
May 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I worked in the educational system with children with EHCP's whilst a great idea the process can take months, parents and staff like myself can find them frustrating. The new programmes I believe can work more successfully as they constantly adapt to the childs needs and are more immediate
EHCP’s and the system built around them only work when local authorities work within the law. They blatantly disregard the CAF Act and the SEND regulations. If this issue could be resolved/reviewed, maybe, just maybe, things will improve.
May 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
EHCP’s and the system built around them only work when local authorities work within the law. They blatantly disregard the CAF Act and the SEND regulations. If this issue could be resolved/reviewed, maybe, just maybe, things will improve.
Exactly where will these children then go? Specialist schools are already heavily oversubscribed and if EHCP’s only remain in place for the most ‘complex’ needs, then mainstream schools will have to provide better support. That won’t happen overnight.
May 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Exactly where will these children then go? Specialist schools are already heavily oversubscribed and if EHCP’s only remain in place for the most ‘complex’ needs, then mainstream schools will have to provide better support. That won’t happen overnight.
Yesterday people were going on about how Labour are going to improve mental health services in schools. Completely ignoring the fact Labour are planning on reducing SEN support in mainstream, including making EHCP’s null and void for mainstream schools but with no extra SEN school places.
May 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Yesterday people were going on about how Labour are going to improve mental health services in schools. Completely ignoring the fact Labour are planning on reducing SEN support in mainstream, including making EHCP’s null and void for mainstream schools but with no extra SEN school places.
My daughters have EHCP's and are both struggling with schooling. The system needs fixing for sure but I'm not sure the EHCP is where I'd start. Educating staff, improving mainstream capacity to cope etc could reduce the numbers requiring EHCP'S.
May 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
My daughters have EHCP's and are both struggling with schooling. The system needs fixing for sure but I'm not sure the EHCP is where I'd start. Educating staff, improving mainstream capacity to cope etc could reduce the numbers requiring EHCP'S.
Agreed. I don't underestimate the resource issue and also in my experience the actual front line troops were top notch. My two autistic boys on EHCP's ended up getting good A levels and are both going to UNI next year thanks to those teachers and LSA's (and not thanks to those at the 'top').
April 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Agreed. I don't underestimate the resource issue and also in my experience the actual front line troops were top notch. My two autistic boys on EHCP's ended up getting good A levels and are both going to UNI next year thanks to those teachers and LSA's (and not thanks to those at the 'top').
Dudley's Area Partnership have produced a plan to improve SEND following their Ofsted inspection earlier this year. It's the usual suspects that need to improve: CAMHS waiting lists, ASD / ADHD assessment delays, and the quality of EHCP's.
www.dudley.gov.uk/residents/du...
www.dudley.gov.uk/residents/du...
Dudley's Local Area SEND Inspection 2025
www.dudley.gov.uk
April 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Dudley's Area Partnership have produced a plan to improve SEND following their Ofsted inspection earlier this year. It's the usual suspects that need to improve: CAMHS waiting lists, ASD / ADHD assessment delays, and the quality of EHCP's.
www.dudley.gov.uk/residents/du...
www.dudley.gov.uk/residents/du...