The children’s minister said it is “important” to “take time” to get the SEND reforms right amid criticism of the timeframe to deliver major policies to overhaul the broken system.
The long-awaited SEND and alternative provision improvement plan was published last week, revealing government will trial key policies for up to three years in a £70 million programme.
Ministers will then finalise policies and decide whether to legislate, but not in this parliament. The review was first launched more than three years ago.
The policy underpinning most of the plan is to roll-out national SEND standards to end the current “post-code lottery” of provision.
