Special needs system shake-up to improve support of pupils [Guardian.co.uk]
- Published: 28 September 2009
Ed Balls, the schools secretary, will today announce new measures to provide better support for disabled children and pupils with special educational needs.
The proposals will aim to make the process of assessing a child's needs easier and more independent, responding to complaints from parents that getting extra help for their children is often a difficult and protracted battle.
The government will look at taking assessment of pupils with special educational needs (SEN) out of the hands of local authorities, which, according to parents' groups, consider the cost of a child's education when assessing their needs.
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