A reshuffle of briefs held by ministers under the Department for Education appears to reflect the key priorities of a new Labour government linked to children and young people.
New Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson’s decision to move responsibility for services for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) from the children’s minister’s portfolio – where it has sat for the last 14 years – to the brief of a minister focused on education signals reforms suggested in the last government’s SEND and AP Improvement Plan could be back on the agenda.
Greater inclusion
The plan, published last March, following a review of current services, centres around calls for greater inclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools with specialist services used only for those with the most complex needs.
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