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Government launches SEND green paper

The Government’s long-awaited special educational needs and disabilities green paper published today (Tuesday), sets out its vision for a single, national SEND and alternative provision (AP) system for children and families.
Many families struggle to access support for their children PHOTO Adobe Stock
Many families struggle to access support for their children PHOTO Adobe Stock

The Government has been criticised for the long delay in publishing the green paper, which is its response to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) review, launched in 2019.

The green paper sets out plans to reform the system to make it easier for parents to access the support they need through a ‘new national plan to level up opportunities, with a key focus on ending the postcode lottery that leaves too many with worse outcomes than their peers’, said ministers. 

The Government said the paper has been written in response to feedback from the experiences and insight of hundreds of children and young people, their families, sector organisations, teachers and partners.

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