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The 2026 SEND Reforms: How to Stop Your Local Authority from Downgrading Your Child’s EHCP to an “ISP”

If you have an Annual Review coming up this year, you need to be on high alert. Following the government’s February 2026 “Every Child Achieving and Thriving” White Paper, Local Authorities across the UK have been handed a new weapon to cut their special needs budgets: The Individual Support Plan (ISP). Under the guise of […]

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Surrey County Council Announces New EHCP Delays

Adam Johnston, director of children’s services at Worcestershire County Council, said, “We fully acknowledge that in the past we have not always provided the level of support children, young people and their families deserve.” Noting a “significant rise in demand,” he said, “we have reshaped our service and added resources to manage this”, resulting in […]

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