The proposals are set out in the government’s SEN green paper, which also outlines plans to give parents the legal right to personal budgets by 2014.
The government wants to join up education, health and care support for children with SEN and focus on children who need the most intensive support. The existing categories of School Action and School Action Plus, which cover children who need less intensive support, will be dropped in favour of a new school-based category where teachers will be trained to focus on raising attainment.
Children’s minister Sarah Teather said: "We have heard time and time again that parents are frustrated with endless delays to getting the help their child needs, and by being caught in the middle when local services don’t work together.
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