The government has named the 21 members of its SEND and alternative provision implementation board who will be tasked with overseeing the roll-out of key reforms.
Confederation of School Trusts chief Leora Cruddas, children’s commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza and Ofsted national director Chris Russell are among the members of the board.
It is chaired jointly by children’s minister Claire Coutinho and mental health minister Maria Caulfield, and met for the first time today.
Last year’s SEND green paper proposed such a board to “hold partners to account for the timely development and improvement of the system”. Plans were confirmed in the government’s improvement plan earlier this year.
