Special educational needs, vulnerability and access to education: a human rights test of failure?

This article discusses the significance of the ZB and DB case for this right to education in the UK context and assess how far, nearly ten years on from reforms under the Children and Families Act 2014, the circumstances giving rise to the case are indicative of an ongoing failure fully to meet normative expectations, and rights, in respect of effective access to education for children with special educational needs and disabilities.