The parliamentary Education Committee announced yesterday its own inquiry into SEND provision. They have made a call for evidence which states a desire to listen to the voices of parents and children. The scope of the inquiry is to look at short term mitigation measures as well as longer term stability in the system. The deadline for submissions is January 30th.
Our proposal for the Department for Education to establish an efficient pathway that offers families a DfE accredited online school of their choice if their child’s needs cannot be met in mainstream school fits very well with this call. There is already a significant capacity of online school places which can be readily increased in a matter of months since no physical infrastructure is required.
We will be submitting evidence to the inquiry.
We hope that the inquiry will take an imaginative approach, willing to contemplate paths other than mainstream schools for children with SEND needs.
Link to the committee announcement: Solving the SEND crisis – Education Committee launches major inquiry
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