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Kent County Council SEND Crisis: Private School Placements Surge 28%

July 31, 2025 // 0 Comments

The cost to Kent County Council (KCC) of placing children with Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) in private schools has surged dramatically. New figures show a 28% [...]

Exclusive: Kent County Council Spends £1.1 Billion Fighting SEND Appeals — 84% of Annual Budget

June 20, 2025 // 3 Comments

Exclusive: Kent County Council (KCC) has admitted to spending over £1.1 billion in legal costs defending Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) tribunal appeals [...]

Part 3: Kent County Council’s special-education system is on its knees

July 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

No-one can claim we are short of evidence that support for children with Special Education Needs & Disabilities needs a radical overhaul. It is now very clear to everyone [...]

Ombudsman uncovers backlog of 170 unanswered children’s services and education complaints at Kent County Council

July 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has uncovered a backlog of 170 unanswered children’s services and education complaints at Kent County Council, while [...]

KCC close to bankruptcy while overcharging domicilary care clients

November 15, 2022 // 1 Comment

Kent County Council and Hampshire County Council in a joint letter letter to the Prime Minister – Rishi Sunak and the Chancellor of the Exchequeur – Jeremy Hunt, [...]

Part 2: Kent County Council’s special-education system is on its knees

May 9, 2022 // 0 Comments

Updated @ 08:35 on 10.05.22 The number of Kent Children and Young People aged between 0-25 with Education & Health Care Plans (EHCP), has risen from 15,281 in 2021 to [...]

Kent County Council’s special-education system is on its knees

April 28, 2022 // 4 Comments

Sandra’s daughter Georgina, born in 2010, began crawling late, around the time that other children were learning to walk. Pre-school staff warned that her speech was [...]

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