MORE than half of teachers say the level of support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) has decreased in the last five years, a survey suggests.

Only 5 per cent of teachers say that the pupils with Send they teach always receive the educational support to which they are legally entitled, according to a poll by NASUWT teaching union.

The findings have been released ahead of the union’s two-day annual conference in Liverpool over Easter, which starts tomorrow.