To ask about the proposed EHCP reform

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From this article:
https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/send-ministers-ration-pupil-education-health-care-plans

"Alison Ismail, director for SEND and alternative provision at the DfE, added: “We refer in the improvement plan to a hypothesis that, if we make that movement…improving mainstream provision and also improving what is available in specialist, that you would start to see a decrease in the need for EHCPs... but we weren’t projecting to a particular target as such.”"

What does it even mean?
If a child needs EHCP because of their needs, and knowing many need it and never access it because of backlogs and LAs failing to address children's needs, how do they plan to decrease the number of EHCP by magically providing better provision (by also not providing any money to schools for it either).

A need is a need. Improving provision does not mean the child does not have a need, the need is still here. EHCP guarantees (well, it should, but often does not in real life) that the eneds are met, without it schools dont receive funding that is often inadequate anyways?

They are saying that they do not try to curb the amount of EHCPs but it looks they are?

That’s quite scary.

even with the best set up there are going to be children who need support above and beyond what is standard in their school.

realistically if more pupils where given proper EHCPs, in a timely manner then there would be a lot less issues because the children would have the right support for them.

What is scary is that EHCP comes with funding, so they want to take that funding away. And let the schools offer 'provision' without the money. So indeed, the already strained LAs will have to give out fewer, and already they don't agree enough EHCP and lots of kids fall through the cracks, ending up with inadequate education because of this.