More than 100 school leaders, teachers and governors from across the country will gather at a summit on Friday (7 December) organised by school leaders’ union NAHT to discuss the crisis in funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
They will be joined by SEND campaigners, including broadcaster and voice coach Carrie Grant, at the conference venue at Aston Wood Golf Club in Sutton Coldfield.
Six of the 11 motions that addressed school funding at NAHT’s annual conference earlier this year were specifically about funding for children with SEND.
Paul Whiteman, general secretary of NAHT, said, ‘The picture facing schools supporting children with special educational needs is bleak. Not only are school budgets at breaking point, there have been severe cuts to local authority health and social care provision.
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