Mims Davies MP was pleased to be on BBC SE Politics discussing the fight parents are having to ensure to gain special needs support for their children.
Around 7000 children in West Sussex have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), with 40% of those having a suitable placement to go with it.
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will get SEN support at their school or college. If you think your child may have special educational needs, you can contact the SEN co-ordinator, or ‘SENCO’ in your child’s school or nursery and they will be able to assist you.
This year the SEND and AP improvement plan was published which confirms investment in training for thousands of workers so children can get the help they need earlier, alongside thousands of additional specialist school places for those with the greatest needs – as 33 new special free schools are approved to be built.
The local authorities selected to have 33 new special free schools built in their areas add to the already 49 in the pipeline. These new places come with the government’s £2.6 billion investment between 2022 and 2025 to increase special school and alternative provision capacity.
This package also forms part of the government’s significant investment into children and young people with SEND and in AP, with investment increasing by more than 50% compared with 2019 to 2020 - to over £10 billion by 2023 to 2024.
