Nearly three quarters of educational psychologists surveyed by the British Psychological Society (BPS) felt they didn’t have sufficient time to fulfil their role including direct work with children and young people, supporting parents and carers, and providing consultancy to improve the wider school system.
Reasons given for this included having to process record numbers of referrals from local authorities and spending increasing amounts of time undertaking assessments and writing reports for education, health, and care plans (EHCP).
Currently, more than 20,000 children wait for an EHCP assessment in England, and more than 4,000 who do have plans wait for a suitable school place.
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