News & Insights
Analysis, commentary, and resources on UK SEND reform, school inclusion, and what good provision actually looks like.
Written by ProvisionIQ's founding team — practitioners and policy experts who have worked inside the UK SEND system. Our goal is to give SENCOs, school leaders, and LA officers the clearest possible picture of what is changing, why it matters, and what to do next.
A new DfE consultation wants to hand mainstream schools upfront SEND funding by formula, instead of case by case. Dan Howard on why that could ease the EHCP bottleneck — or move money away from the children who need it most.
The Health and Social Care Committee has told the Health Minister that the diagnosis-first model is broken. With close to half a million children waiting for autism or ADHD assessments, Dan Howard sets out what it means for schools — and what they can do now.
The 2026 White Paper proposes a new four-tier SEND framework: Universal, Targeted, Targeted Plus, and Specialist. The ambition is right. But ambition and delivery are different problems. Liam Wheldon maps the distance between the promise and what it will actually take to deliver it — in schools, with the staff they have.
New DfE guidance sets out how the Experts at Hand service will work in practice. The intent is right. The question is whether schools have the infrastructure to make the most of it. Liam Wheldon examines what the guidance gets right — and the question it leaves unanswered.
England's schools are caught between a £67bn budget that hasn't kept pace with costs, falling pupil rolls that will strip income from thousands of schools, and a SEND funding system consuming an ever-larger share of what remains. Dan Howard examines where the efficiency conversation needs to go next.
The 2026 Schools White Paper promises a SENCO role that is "more strategic and less administrative." But with just 6% of SENCOs completing their tasks within normal working hours, the ambition and the reality are in sharp conflict. Dan Howard examines what the reforms actually demand — and what schools need to do now.
Individual Support Plans will become a statutory requirement for every child with identified SEND in England. Here's what they are, who they're for, and what your school needs to start thinking about now.
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