Recommendation 30

The Government’s upcoming reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) system must be bold enough to eliminate local authorities’ deficits on the DSG going forwards before March 2028, while ensuring SEND children receive the support they need. The Ministry must commit not to extend the statutory override further beyond 2028. The 77 Ministry must also develop an approach to address historical cumulative DSG deficits, and to support local authorities handle them when the statutory override ends in 2028. (Recommendation, Paragraph 111)