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MPs call for reform to SEND system that is failing 'countless children'

A generation of children could leave school without having received the help they need without reform to the SEND system, a group of MPs have warned.
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A new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) issues an urgent call for the Government to take action to improve the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, which it says is ‘failing the families who need it and putting almost half of all councils in England in danger of bankruptcy within 15 months.’

It is one of a number of reports in recent months calling for the SEND system to be improved. The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) argued however that the PAC report misses a 'crucial part of the picture' as it does not include early years education.

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