Bill Revans: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- County Councils Network spokesperson on special educational needs and disabilities (Send), and Liberal Democrat leader of Somerset council
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
“It is clear there has been a particularly sharp surge in assessment requests to our member councils this year since the government announced its planned reforms in February.”
What Bill Revans has said
“Our previous analysis had predicted the number of EHCPs will rise to 840,000 by 2028-29, however, it is now likely these numbers will be exceeded.”
County Councils Network's spokesperson on SEND and Liberal Democrat leader of Somerset council · Learning disability & autism · 29 Sept 2026 · The broken special needs system is betraying those who need it most ↗
“If they were considering applying for an EHCP, that brings forward that application which then puts unexpected and additional pressure onto council resources.”
SEND spokesperson for the County Councils Network and leader of Somerset Council · Learning disability & autism · 14 Sept 2026 · The eight areas where SEND children face even longer delays for help ↗
“Whilst the devil will be in the detail, the proposals represent a potential radical overhaul of the system whereby mainstream schools are resourced to support more pupils with Send needs.”
County Councils Network Send spokesperson · Learning disability & autism · 8 Sept 2026 · Will Send finally be sent in the right direction? ↗
Where Bill Revans has been quoted
- Pupils with Send plans in England likely to double to one in 10 in rush for supporttheguardian.com · 29 Sept 2026
- The broken special needs system is betraying those who need it mostspectator.com · 29 Sept 2026
- The eight areas where SEND children face even longer delays for helpinews.co.uk · 14 Sept 2026
- Will Send finally be sent in the right direction?lgcplus.com · 8 Sept 2026
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.
- We're delighted that the Government has approved our SEND Reform PlanWigan Today
- Review into ADHD and autism diagnosisUniversity of Exeter News
- St Michael's College seeks classroom assistants to support special educational needsYahoo News UK
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