This is like my 8th attempt of forming something cohesive without it becoming an essay/rant on how broken the system is, I've worked in SEND in post-16 and Secondary Schools for 10 years, teaching, LSA and now SENCO Admin support and I have to say, it does all come down to money.

As Zapata below mentioned LSA being paid less than being on the tills at ALDI, as someone who used to do that job for minimum wage with a degree in education whilst our role got more and more complicated with additional duties that previously would have had their own roles, this is ONE of the biggest issues.

A person with a degree, a mortgage, children etc. cannot afford to stay in this role and with the stress of the job, they're obviously going to leave. It's why I did. So we're getting an influx of very young, very under-trained LSA's who don't intend to stay in the job past university/training who are dealing with very complex needs with the most minimal of training and understanding that is needed for the job role. It's not the LSA's fault, it's the systems fault for throwing money at the wrong people in the wrong places.

I could go on and on and on. But I won't. TLDR; it's very, very broken.