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Webinar: How to Make SEND Reform Plans that Support Real Decisions Local & Regional GovernmentMime Think PiecesSEND & Inclusion

Webinar: How to Make SEND Reform Plans that Support Real Decisions

Local authorities across the country are developing Local SEND Reform Plans ahead of the June deadline. This is a major task, particularly given it comes alongside managing rising levels of SEND need, financial pressure, workforce constraints, and evolving national policy. For many areas, the challenge is no longer whether there is enough data available. It is how to use that information to make decisions that improve outcomes for children and young people, while remaining practical and deliverable across local systems.  Many local authority leaders are now asking the same question: how do we create a Local SEND Reform Plan that remains useful once reforms move…
Joe Miller
May 15, 2026
How to Build a Local SEND Reform Plan That Delivers Local & Regional GovernmentMime Think PiecesSEND & Inclusion

How to Build a Local SEND Reform Plan That Delivers

With local SEND reform plans due by 19 June, many councils are working to translate the national policy into something deliverable, financially sustainable, and grounded in local reality. The challenge is not just meeting the deadline. It’s producing a plan that can genuinely inform decisions about provision, spending, and outcomes - not one that’s credible on paper but difficult to act on. At Mime, we’ve supported over 50 local authorities with SEND analysis and forecasting. The most effective analysis and forecasting for planning is not always the most complex. It is analysis built on clear, adaptable modelling with a direct link…
Joe Miller
April 20, 2026
The Government’s SEND Reforms: What They Are and What You Need to Know Now Local & Regional GovernmentMime Think PiecesSEND & Inclusion

The Government’s SEND Reforms: What They Are and What You Need to Know Now

On 23 February 2026, the Department for Education published its long-awaited SEND reform package. This is the most significant overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities provision in England since the Children and Families Act 2014. At Mime, we work closely on SEND with local authorities, schools and charities, so we've been following this closely. This post sets out the government's plans, what's changing, and what it means in practice. The headline ambition is a shift away from what the government sees as a reactive, diagnosis-led, adversarial and fragmented system, towards one that is preventative, inclusive, and focused on earlier…
Joe Miller
March 30, 2026
Mime’s response to the Government’s SEND Green Paper Mime Think PiecesSchool ImprovementSEND & Inclusion

Mime’s response to the Government’s SEND Green Paper

This blog explores the Government's proposed changes to the SEND and alternative provision system and Mime's response. On the 29th March 2022, the Government released its SEND and alternative provision Green Paper, setting out proposals to level up opportunities for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The review is currently open for consultation, closing on 22nd July 2022. Here at Mime, we've been discussing the proposals and whether they are likely to meet the Government's ambition to ensure all children and young people have access to the right support, in the right place, and at…
Rory Nethercott
May 17, 2022

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