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Three families lose High Court case against government's SEND funding
Royal Courts of Justice

THREE families have lost a High Court challenge against the government over special educational needs funding.

The families brought the legal action over the government’s approach to providing special educational needs and disabilities (Send) funding, on behalf of all young people who rely on it.

Their lawyers previously told the court that there was a “genuine crisis” in Send funding for children and young people which could “blight their lives forever.”

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