Schools: Special Educational Needs Debate
Full Debate: Read Full DebateDepartment: Department for Education
Lord Hampton
Main Page: Lord Hampton (Crossbench - Excepted Hereditary)Department Debates - View all Lord Hampton's debates with the Department for Education
Schools: Special Educational Needs
Lord Hampton Excerpts(5 months, 3 weeks ago)
Lords ChamberRead Full debate Read Hansard Text Watch Debate Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Lord Hampton (CB)
My Lords, as ever, I declare my interest as a teacher. Will the Government reconsider the priority given to parental preference in educational placements for children with EHC plans, given the opinion of many professionals that this is not in the best interests of the child or of efficient education provision, and that the popular schools are at breaking point?
Baroness Barran (Con)
As the noble Lord knows, a number of these things are under review, and we will test them as part of our pathfinders and in the improvement plan. It is very important that that balance be kept between the professional judgment of teachers, to which the noble Lord referred, and the sense of confidence that parents have in the system.