Fully Fund SEND Education

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

1. Mandatory fulfilment of all Autism, ADHD and EHCP requests delivered within a 6 month time frame.
2. Support systems and services must be accessible to all.
3. Councils should be anti-austerity and anti-cuts and use their reserves and borrowing powers to fund SEND provision properly.

Government proposals are to remove the legal rights of children currently enshrined in EHCPs and the linked funding and replace with IEPs which lack any legal protection or linked funding.

Parents are already facing the persistent objection of council's to provide the vital EHCPs. Essentially paying to argue with parents instead of using that money to fund a needs-based education.

These changes stem from government cuts to local council funding which need to be restored urgently.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign these open petitions:

'Government to cover full cost of SEND provisions to protect access'
Government to cover full cost of SEND provisions to protect access

'Raise SEND funding by £10 billion & stop all new SEND reforms'
Raise SEND funding by £10 billion & stop all new SEND reforms

'Protect legal right to support for children with SEND'
Protect legal right to support for children with SEND

'Fund increased capacity at SEN schools'
Fund increased capacity at SEN schools

Timeline

3 Jul 2026	Petition opened for signatures
30 Jul 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Jul 2026

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