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Kent receives improvement notice for SEND failings

An improvement notice has been issued to Kent CC after it failed to turn around its special educational needs and disability (SEND) services.

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By Martin Ford | 06 April 2023

An improvement notice has been issued to Kent CC after it failed to turn around its special educational needs and disability (SEND) services.

The Department for Education said the council had ‘failed to make sufficient progress' in addressing nine areas of weakness highlighted in inspections by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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