A growing number of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are concentrated in a relatively small number of mainstream schools. As a result, these schools face increasing demands on staff, resources and specialist support.
This Research Bite summarises NFER’s report, High-SEND schools: Patterns and pressures in mainstream provision, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
High-SEND Schools: Patterns and Pressures - A summary for school leaders and practitioners
This Research Bite explores how and why pupils with SEND are becoming unevenly distributed across mainstream schools, and what it means for schools, pupils and families.
READ MORE >
High-SEND schools: Patterns and pressures in mainstream provision
Drawing on national pupil data, a nationally representative survey of 800 special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs) and senior school leaders, and in-depth interviews with high-SEND case study schools, comparison schools, parents and local authorities, this report builds on our earlier scene-setting report.
It explores why pupils with SEND cluster in certain schools and what this means for schools, pupils and families.
READ MORE >