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Recommendation 45
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The Government must also increase its investment in SEND provision to ensure that children in...
Recommendation
The Government must also increase its investment in SEND provision to ensure that children in care, alongside all pupils with SEND, get the support they need to thrive in education. Children in care are more likely to have experienced educational disruption compared with children not in care. We recognise that those with special educational needs are more likely to be impacted by educational disruption. (Paragraph 109) 50 Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it The cliff-edge transition from residential care to independent living
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
We recognise the need for all pupils with SEND to get the support they need to thrive in education. The government is making an unprecedented level of investment into the SEND system: revenue funding in high needs increased by more than 40% between 2019– 20 and 2022–23, with additional investment of £1 billion in high needs in 2022–23. Additional investment alone has not been matched by improved outcomes or experiences for children, young people, and their families. Instead, for all pupils with SEND to get access to the right support, it is critical that resources within the system are used in the most effective way with spending targeted more at strengthening early intervention and meeting the needs of children and young people at the right time, including children in care. The proposals set out within the SEND and AP Green Paper to introduce a nationally consistent system, with national standards around the identification of need and the provision that is put in place to deliver support for children and young people, are intended to improve early intervention so that resources can be targeted towards providing effective, high-quality, and evidence- based support.