Current government guidelines only allow for a quarter of SEND children, those with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), to continue attending school.
But education academics want all SEND children to be given the option, as they find the disruption to their regular schooling amid lockdown more difficult than their peers.
The call has come from education academics at University of Sussex, Dr Jacqui Shepherd and Dr Christina Hancock, and following research they carried out into the impact of lockdown on children with SEND and their families.
One parent said her SEND daughter “must be allowed to keep going” to school. Another said they wanted recognition that their son “is vulnerable and have him in school at least part time”.
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