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<p>The department is committed to ensuring that children with special educational
needs and disabilities (SEND) in all areas, including Havering, receive the support
they need to realise their potential.</p><p>The ‘SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement
Plan’ outlines the government’s mission to create a single, national SEND and alternative
provision system. The proposal to develop National Standards is a fundamental part
of this. The Standards will outline the types of special educational provision that
should be available, who is responsible for delivering that support, and will clarify
the expectations on mainstream settings and local services.</p><p>These standards
will help families, practitioners and providers understand what support every child
or young person should be receiving from early years through to further education.
By the end of 2025, the department will publish a significant proportion of the National
Standards. As these Standards will apply nationally, the London Borough of Havering
is automatically included.</p><p>In addition, high needs funding for children and
young people with complex needs is increasing by £440 million, or 4.3%, in 2024/25.
This will bring total high needs funding to over £10.5 billion, which is an increase
of over 60% from the 2019/20 allocations. This funding will help local authorities
and schools with the increasing costs of supporting children and young people with
SEND. Additional funding for teachers’ pay and teachers’ pensions is on top of this.
Havering will receive an allocation of £43 million through the 2024/25 Dedicated Schools
Grant, to support children and young people with complex educational needs and disabilities.
This is a cumulative increase of 33% per head over the three years from 2021/22.</p><p>Havering
is also taking part in the Delivering Better Value in SEND Programme (DBV in SEND).
The DBV in SEND Programme aims to help local authorities provide more effective SEND
services by meeting the needs of children and young people at an early stage and with
the right level of support.</p>
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