The Bill, which is currently going through Parliament, looks to introduce major changes to provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), which despite being temporary, will have ‘significant and immediate effects on their care and support’, warn the Disabled Children’s Partnership and the National Deaf Children’s Society.
While schools remain open to children with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP) as they are considered as ‘vulnerable’, the charities warn that changes within the Bill include removing the obligation on local councils to deliver what is in a child’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), which outlines and legally guarantees an individual’s care and support.
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