Will Quince has left the department for education to assume a new brief at the department for health and social care (DHSC), and it is as yet unclear who will take the helm to navigate the SEND green paper through the next leg of its journey. And for those of us who have been around the block for a bit, there is a certain familiarity in seeing a change of minister in the middle of a SEND reform programme.
Back in 2012, Sarah Teather – who had published the Support and Aspiration Green Paper – was replaced by Ed Timpson. just as she was about to put out the draft legislation that would eventually become part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014.
