The Government has announced a £200m programme to expand training for teachers and education staff to better support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
New courses will be available to all teaching staff, including in nurseries, schools and colleges, focusing on adapting teaching methods for a wide range of needs such as visual impairments and speech and language difficulties.
The initiative is underpinned by a new expectation in the SEND Code of Practice that all education staff should receive training on SEND and inclusion.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: ‘This is a key part of our mission to reform the SEND system so that schools can?take children from forgotten to?included?and give?parents the confidence that the?right support will be there?at every stage of their child’s education.’
Cllr Amanda Hopgood, chair of the Local Government Association’s Children, Young People and Families Committee, said: ‘As part of reforming the SEND system, it is vital that our education system becomes more inclusive, so that more children with SEND can attend their local mainstream school.
‘For this to happen we need a workforce that has the capacity and right skills, and this investment will help to support that.’
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