TWO in five school leaders have cut back on support for students with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), a poll for the Sutton Trust revealed today.

Four in five also expect to make further cuts in the next academic year, particularly to teaching assistants and tutoring, the research conducted by the National Foundation for Educational Research found.

Unions and industry experts have raised concerns over the level of funding to deliver sweeping reforms to the Send system the government set out in a white paper in February.

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