Number of children in care with SEN increases

Nina Jacobs
Friday, March 27, 2020

Increasing numbers of children in care have a special educational need (SEN) making them almost four times more likely to receive specialist support than non-looked after children, government statistics show.

Social, emotional and mental health is the most common type of SEN for looked-after children. Picture: Adobe Stock
Social, emotional and mental health is the most common type of SEN for looked-after children. Picture: Adobe Stock

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