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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Jasmine Norden

Children with current highest level of Send support set to fall from 2030

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson have backed education reforms (Toby Shepheard/PA) - (PA Wire)

Around one in eight children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) who currently have the highest support will transition to new plans between 2030 and 2035, the Government has estimated, as part of sweeping school reforms.

The proportion of children with Send on the current highest level of support in school is projected to start falling each year from the end of the decade.

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