If parents with sharp elbows were really the reason for the SEND budget issues - the silent premise in that being that they are accessing resources for their children they are not entitled to - then how is that: 🧵

96% of SENDIST appeals decided between July-September 2022/3 were determined in favour of the Appellant (i.e. the parents or young person): …e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistic…

92% of complaints about SEN provision and EHCPs made to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman in the 2022/23 year were upheld: lgo.org.uk/information-ce…

A 2019-20 survey found that in 96% of cases where a letter was sent under the judicial review pre-action protocol in relation to local authority failings, that resulted in the local authority taking all or some of the steps requested: councilfordisabledchildren.org.uk/sites/default/…