Ministers appear to have abandoned their pledge to decide on sweeping reforms to the broken special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system by the end of the year.
The much-delayed SEND and alternative provision (AP) green paper included a commitment to identify children’s needs more quickly and introduce new national standards for provision.
When it was announced in March, ministers said they would publish a “national SEND delivery plan” on how proposed changes would be implemented “later this year”.
It would also set out the government’s response to the three-month consultation, which closed in July.
