Responding to the publication today (23/10/19) of the Education
Select Committee’s report on children with special educational
needs and disabilities (SEND), Liberal Democrat Shadow Education
Secretary Layla Moran MP said: “Children with SEND have
borne the brunt of the schools funding crisis. Teaching assistants
and other support staff have been sacked. Meanwhile, parents
struggle to get the support their child needs as schools,
healthcare providers and local councils squabble...Request free trial
Responding to the publication today (23/10/19) of the Education
Select Committee’s report on children with special educational
needs and disabilities (SEND), Liberal Democrat Shadow Education
Secretary said:
“Children with SEND have borne the brunt of the schools funding
crisis. Teaching assistants and other support staff have been
sacked. Meanwhile, parents struggle to get the support their child
needs as schools, healthcare providers and local councils squabble
over who should pay.
“The Conservatives have left local councils floundering. Councils
cannot provide support on time and are unable to create the new
specialist school places that some children with the most complex
needs require.
“Liberal Democrats demand better for our children. We will give
councils thousands of pounds a year extra for every child with the
most complex needs, so they can deliver the support children
deserve on time. And we will create a new National SEND Strategy,
stopping councils from cutting corners and getting our public
services to work together in the best interests of each child.”
