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Ofsted slams treatment of SEND pupils across mainstream schools

Ofsted has condemned the "unacceptable" treatment of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) by mainstream schools.

The inspectorate's 2017 annual report states that in some cases informal exclusions are taking place, with parents being asked by head teachers to keep children at home as schools are unable to effectively support them.

Formal exclusions of SEND children with challenging behaviour is high in a third of areas, said Ofsted. 

Also, children whose special needs are not severe enough to require an education, health and care (EHC) plan are found to have a worse time in school than those with an EHC plan.

Ofsted is also concerned that too often school leaders are failing to measure how support is helping to improve children's lives.

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