The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) report finds that real-terms cuts to education funding in the last three years have stretched school budgets, and that SEND pupils are among those most affected.
The report highlights a 21 per cent increase in the number of pupils with statements or Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP) between 2014 and 2017. This equates to 50,000 additional pupils in the UK with such statements, with 31,000 of these entering the system between 2016 and 2017 alone.
According to the NAHT, the raft of reforms to curriculum and assessment have resulted in “a less accessible curriculum for those with SEND in mainstream primary and secondary schools”.
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