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
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
A cross-party group of MPs have called on the Chancellor to invest heavily in special educational needs after the latest figures showed an additional £4.6bn was required each year to meet the current demand for support. Members of Parliament have backed a campaign by local authority education funding group f40,
Rising costs worsened by short-termism and under-investment have left the SEND system incapable of meeting demand, writes Alex Dale. There is no doubt that the SEND system that supports our most vulnerable children is broken and needs fixing… fast. Without swift and definitive action, we are going to hit the
Education fair funding campaign group f40 has welcomed the appointment of former teacher and school campaigner Emma Hardy MP as its new Labour Vice Chair. With vast experience in the education sector, Ms Hardy is eager to throw her support behind the f40 campaign for increased and fairer school funding,
Parents and educators have joined together to continue the campaign for more education funding, claiming greater investment is needed to meet the growing demands and costs on schools. Concerned parents have thrown their weight behind the coalition of education organisations that are working together to improve school funding, including Save
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