Labour Must Address A Glaring Problem In SEND With Its Reforms, Campaigner Warns

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and education secretary Bridget Phillipson, left, take questions from children in a year three class at Perry Hall Primary school in London, England, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. 

The government has just announced £4billion towards SEND reform in England – a sum which is desperately needed and one that couldn’t come soon enough for families who have children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in the UK.

More than 1.7 million pupils...