Martin Ford 10 January 2025

Special educational needs statutory override is 'abomination'

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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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