'We Are Analysing Your Feedback': The Still-Missing SEND Response

Six and a half months since "Every child achieving and thriving" — a policy reader and a Senco lay the timeline end to end: three real events in the first three months, then a summer of silence. The consultation page has said "visit this page again soon" since 18 May, and there is still no government response and no date for one. But two protections haven't moved either way: nothing before September 2029 on the system, nothing before September 2030 on existing EHCPs.

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Sources:

gov.uk — Every child achieving and thriving (white paper, pub. 23 Feb 2026) — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/every-child-achieving-and-thriving

gov.uk — SEND reform: putting children and young people first (consultation, closed 18 May 2026; "We are analysing your feedback" holding text, checked 6 Sep 2026) — https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/send-reform-putting-children-and-young-people-first

House of Commons Library, CBP-10550 — The Schools White Paper 2026: SEND Reform — https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-10550/

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