More from this theme Recent articles All secondary schools will be expected to have “inclusion bases” where “pupils can access targeted support that bridges the gap between mainstream and specialist provision”, the government has said. The expectation will form part of the Department for Education’s estates strategy, due to be published later today, and comes amid a wider push for more pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to learn in mainstream schools. It also comes as the school sector and the families it serves await an increasingly-delayed schools white paper, which will set out wider reforms to the SEND system. Schools Week revealed last week how some of those reforms have already begun at a local level, and government confirmed this week it would write off the majority of high needs deficits accrued so far by councils. The government has only released limited information about its plan ahead of publication, and details of how it will work in practice are scarce. The DfE said that, “as part of the drive to make schools …