
Around one in 10 children and young people are affected by long-term and persistent speech, language, and communication needs. However, research suggests that as many as 40% of young people with SLCN are going unidentified.
A further eight in 10 children with emotional and behaviour disorders have unidentified language difficulties, researchers have found.
The impact on education is clear with just 15% of pupils with identified SLCN achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics in year 6 compared with 61% of all pupils and just 20% of pupils with SLCN get a grade 4 or above in English and maths at GCSE.
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