The SEND Futures Discovery Phase study is a national study carried out by the National Centre for Social Research, in collaboration with the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) on behalf of the Department for Education. Across two round of data collection, the study has gathered information and views from around 3000 parents of young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, as well as form many of the young people themselves.

Key findings – parental views of support

• Views among parents whose child attended a special school were much more positive than among parents whose child attended a mainstream.
• Among parents of young people in mainstream schools, those whose child had an EHCP were more positive than those whose child did not have an EHCP.