Martin Ford 10 January 2025

Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'

Accountancy alone will not be enough to end the ‘abomination' of statutory overrides for special educational needs (SEN) budgets, a minister has said.

If the override of deficits ends in March 2026 as scheduled, it is estimated 43% of councils would be at risk of issuing a section 114 notice.

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