Jackie Fieldwick is the CEO of Brunel Academies Trust, which runs schools across Wiltshire. She said: “This is a really difficult situation that we’re all desperately trying to navigate, the council included.
“SEND transport is one of the most costly elements [of SEND funding], particularly somewhere like Wiltshire where you’ve got such a large authority.
“We never want to see young people going without provision, but [the financial situation] might mean having to look at different ways of doing that.”
