f40 response to the Schools White Paper and SEND reforms
The f40 group, which campaigns on behalf of 43 local authorities that receive among the lowest education funding in England – campaigning for fairer and increased education funding, along with major reform in SEND – has strongly welcomed the Schools White Paper and SEND reforms, saying they contained much of what the group had been […]
f40 welcomes Government write-off of £5billion local authority SEND deficits
f40 has welcomed the news that Government is to write off 90% of local authority SEND deficits – amounting to around £5billion. f40, which campaigns on behalf of 43 local authorities across England that receive among the lowest levels of education funding, has long campaigned for the deficits to be dealt with by Government, alongside […]
f40 backs national report on SEND and calls for major reform and investment
A local authority campaign group that campaigns for reform and fairness in education has backed a new report calling for a major rethink on SEND. f40 said the report by the National Audit Office (NAO) on the crisis in SEND provision and funding mirrored many of their own concerns and was evidence that measures put […]
MPs told SEND system is in crisis and failing children, families and councils
MPs have been urged to help in the campaign to secure reform and investment for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) as growing budget deficits threaten to topple more than half of local authorities in England. More than 75 MPs and their representatives who attended a parliamentary briefing in Westminster hosted by the f40 group, […]
