Latest News - February 2009

Former Minister Calls for Government Inquiry into SEN Provision

Former Education Minister Estelle Morris has called for a government inquiry into future provision for children with special educational needs. Writing in The Guardian on 28th January 2009, Ms Morris said that there hasn’t been a comprehensive review of special needs provision in schools since the Warnock Report some 30 years ago. Since then, professionals have gained considerable knowledge about learning difficulties and there is a growing body of evidence about what works and what parents want. She suggests that there is a higher level of parental dissatisfaction with this aspect of the education system than with any other and that there has been a failure to learn lessons from practical experience.