Special needs kids 'trapped in failing system' - as city spends £51m on transport - Birmingham Live

In November, MVA commissioned a report into the crisis that cost local authorities £1.7 billion last year, on transport costs alone. Now that report is available to read in full.

Last week, we released the results of our landmark survey - The Anatomy of Anxiety in British Secondary Schools - of more than 2000 families across the UK, digging into the school absence crisis and the reasons why so many children are struggling to get to the classroom.