Services for children with special needs in Plymouth are heavily criticised by regulators.
Services for children with special educational needs and disabilities in Plymouth need urgent improvement, inspectors have said.said the needs of children in the city were not being identified at an early enough age.Ofsted and the CQC said early intervention failures were leading to higher numbers of children being permanently excluded from school.
"As a result, some children and young people wait too long to get the help they need and get 'stuck' in the system."They ordered service leaders to come up with a plan for turning things around ahead of a monitoring visit within 18 months. She said: "It is clear that our children, young people and their families have not all been receiving the high quality services and support that they need and deserve."
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