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SEND transport pressures demand urgent action, bus industry meeting told

Peter Stonham
22 January 2026
Brian Drury
Brian Drury
Carry Stephenson
Carry Stephenson

 

Without reform of the wider SEND special needs education system, ‘home to school’ transport pressures will continue to rise unsustainably, and financial and operational consequences will likely overwhelm the system, a bus industry meeting has been warned.

SYSTRA’s Brian Drury and Carry Stephenson, were addressing an online workshop of the Bus Centre of Excellence Public Sector Members Network. The session examined the National Audit Office’s (NAO) recent report on...

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