“The Education for All Bill is clearly well-intentioned in its aim to improve support for children and young people with SEND. We await more details on many aspects of the Bill and the white paper, including exactly how funding will be pooled between groups of schools.
“Our overriding concern is that there is not enough money in the system to deliver the changes set out in the Bill. Schools are already in a precarious financial position, and the additional expectations being placed on them are significant. There has got to be sufficient investment to enable schools to provide the level of individual support that is expected. We are currently a long way off schools being funded on a fair and consistent basis in the way that the Bill anticipates.”