The London Assembly Education Panel report, which examines the challenge facing children with SEND in the Capital, finds that over 200,000 have some level of special education need or disability (SEND).
It says that in the last decade, there has been a 20 per cent increase in the number with high-level needs and the types of need are increasingly complex.
On top of this, the report highlights ‘considerable concerns’ about the insufficient level of funding provided to schools for pupils with high needs.
According to the Education Panel, despite high needs allocations to boroughs increasing between 2013-14 and 2016-17, across London, many local authorities are cross subsiding SEND support and carrying forward large deficits.
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