The SEND (special educational needs and disability) system in England is ‘failing to deliver for children, young people and their families’ and ‘despite the continuing and unprecedented investment, the system is not financially sustainable.’ This was the previous government’s
verdict, set out in the national SEND review, 10 years on from the landmark SEND reforms that were introduced through the Children and
Families Act 2014.  This research, commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) and County Councils Network (CCN), has taken as its starting point the fact that there is broad agreement on the need for fundamental reform of the SEND system in England.