Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Ben Goldsborough Excerpts
Thursday 24th October 2024

(4 days, 11 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Catherine McKinnell Portrait Catherine McKinnell
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The changes that we are looking to make to remove the exemptions for private schools will be used to fund more teachers in our state sector and create the inclusive mainstream education that we know every child deserves.

Ben Goldsborough Portrait Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk) (Lab)
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SEND provision in Conservative-run Norfolk has collapsed after years of adversarial mismanagement by the county council. I welcome the steps that my hon. Friend has taken so far. Will she commit to recognising the value of co-production to ensure that SEND family voices are valued and money is spent wisely?

Catherine McKinnell Portrait Catherine McKinnell
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We are very clear that this reform is a journey that we want to go on with all those who support our children and families, whether that is teachers, school staff more broadly, education professionals, health professionals or local authorities. Everybody wants this to work better, and we need to work together to achieve it.