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Link to SEND Reforms Consultation documents

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Link to SEND Reforms Consultation documents

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Reforms to the schools and SEND systems in England to ensure that every child can achieve and thrive.

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Reforms to the schools and SEND systems in England to ensure that every child can achieve and thrive.

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What the proposals say: Schools would get easier access to specialists (like speech and language therapists, educational psychologists and other professionals) without families having to fight for statutory processes first.

Do you think this will be beneficial?

Do you have any concerns about how this would work in reality?

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What the proposals say: There will be clearer accountability across schools, local authorities and health, stronger complaints processes, continued access to tribunals, and more scrutiny where support isn’t working.

Do you feel that accountability will be strengthened under the proposals? Please explain why/why not?

What do you fear might become harder?

What protections need to be written in so families don’t lose rights in practice?

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What’s the best intention you can see in the reforms?

What is your biggest fear?

What is the one non‑negotiable you want protected?

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What the proposals say: Every child with additional needs would have an Individual Support Plan (ISP) setting out day‑to‑day support. EHCPs would remain for children with the most complex needs, alongside clearer thresholds and more digital systems.

What do you think about the proposed changes to plans?

Does anything worry you about changes to EHCPs or new types of plans?

Do you think this will work in practice?

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What the proposals say: The government wants more children’s needs met earlier and better in mainstream schools, with clearer expectations on inclusion, trained staff and extra funding to support this.

Do you feel reassured or concerned with these proposals?

What aspects reassure you and why?

What aspects concern you and why?

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What does post-16/post-19 and provision up to age 25 look like under these reforms? Currently post-16 they can only side-step once, they have to keep progressing, so they cannot necessarily remain in education until they are 25.

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Some examples where long-term medical issues and SEND issues we are setting children up to fail with the extremely high attendance targets.

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Cultural piece around EHCP being a 'golden ticket'

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Cultural piece around EHCP being a 'golden ticket'

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There are parents who know how to navigate the system, and know that an EHCP isn't a golden ticket, many parents waiting for an EHCP think that its going to be a solution.

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Thank you to Leeds PCF for doing this. I appreciate having the chance to contribute in such a transparent, collective manner (and done by an organisation sincere in its aims).