Yesterday’s Budget announcement landed with a big headline: from 2028–29, the government says it will take on the full cost of SEND centrally. Gasp….

…on paper, that sounds like a relief. For years, families like mine and the families I fight for each day have been caught in the middle of funding battles between schools and councils. The promise is that those arguments will finally end. But as I read through the detail, I couldn’t help asking: what does this really mean for us?