In the final evidence session of the Education Committee’s Solving the SEND crisis inquiry, McKinnell, alongside the Department for Education’s director of SEND Alison Ismail, gave an update on the government’s priorities as it draws up plans for its SEND white paper to be published in the autumn.
Across more than two hours of, sometimes fractious, questioning from committee members, McKinnell gave evidence on plans to create more support in mainstream settings, improving relationships between state decisionmakers and parents, better training for school staff, how to resolve disputes over support, and resolving council high needs funding overspends.
Here are five key takeaways from the evidence session:
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