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£19.99Parliament came together to discuss the crisis in special needs education, as MPs raised their concerns in a packed debate. The Local Government Association predicts councils will spend £12bn on special needs education by 2026, up from £4bn in the decade before, yet support for children, when and where it is required, is still sorely lacking. The lack of detailed funding outlined in the school minister’s statement was criticised, leading to many parents, educators and politicians calling for more resources.
Catherine McKinnell, the school minister, recognised the broken system that is desperate for reform. Acknowledging that there are no quick fixes, but that this government is determined to improve the inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, she stressed identifying special educational needs early on in schooling and the associated core services as primary concerns.
However, parents believe that more training should be implemented within the staff and schools to provide more support and resources so that the maximum number of children and young adults required can be within the mainstream school system. Despite the minister’s statement, parents who attended agreed that specific details were missing and that the issues concerned require long-term solutions which government spending and funding alone cannot provide.
The ongoing issue of rising costs of SEND UK care, accommodation and education mirrors the growing demand for it, the system is in need of repair and the government’s plan requires greater detail, resources and funding for inclusive mainstream solutions. If even with increasing funding and expenditure on SEND services local authorities are struggling to meet demand, then questions must be asked as to where this money is going and how it should be better allocated with the sizeable sums of taxpayer money involved
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