'Time to stand up' for special needs funding

Parents of children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) across the country are waiting for local councils to make crucial budget decisions which could affect their futures.Many councils will be left facing funding gaps for SEND provision under the Government's new school funding formula.For example, Bradford Council has formulated a model on the expectation that it would receive £15m of funding, but it will actually only receive around half of that.