With its Removing Barriers to Achievement strategy, the Government has set out its vision for giving children with special educational needs the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
The strategy acknowledges the challenges that must be faced. "Despite a robust legal framework and detailed statutory guidance, too often parents face a 'postcode lottery' in the support available from their school, local education authority, social services and the health service," states the paper.
Suggested remedies include building on the proposals for greater integration between health, education and social care, set out in the Every Child Matters green paper.
But some charities have accused the Government of ignoring key problems that affect the quality of special needs provision.
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