Families of children with SEND will soon receive faster, earlier support as the government confirms new community-based early intervention is to roll out in every Best Start Family Hub from April.

As part of the government’s pledge to roll out Best Start Hubs in every local authority next year, councils are being tasked with recruiting an all-new dedicated SEND practitioner in every hub to provide direct, family-facing support that has been missing for too long.

The government inherited a SEND system on its knees, and research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies is clear that when early help is missing, more children go on to need higher-level SEND support later in childhood.

To put a stop to this troubling cycle, by 2028, Best Start Family Hubs will act as a one stop shop for the who

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