Challenge to council's illegal SEN policy

A council has been ordered by the government to change its special needs statements.
Surrey County Council has been told it was acting illegally by not stating how much extra help should be provided at school to statemented pupils.
Parents say other education authorities are doing the same thing. They give schools extra money to support children with SEN statements, but it is not ring-fenced, and parents are not told what it should be spent on.
A letter from the Special Educational Needs section at the Department for Education and Skills gave Surrey five days to agree to comply, and 15 days to send amended notices to parents.
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