Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith has called for action to fix the 'broken' special and educational needs (SEND) system in Parliament following a meeting with parents of SEND children.
In a speech in the House of Commons, the Labour MP referred to a roundtable discussion she held at Queens Park Arts Centre last week with a group of constituents who have faced challenges and injustices working with the SEND system.
She raised their top concerns, including the difficulty in obtaining timely education, health and care plan assessments, the lack of staff or training in schools to cope, and the lack of accountability in the system.
Kyrke-Smith concluded, "The fact is that the support system for children with special educational needs and disabilities is broken.
"The answer lies in both funding and reform of the system. We have to make tough choices on where to find that funding — tough choices that the previous Government ducked.
"Rather than political point scoring, we owe it to all the SEND children and their parents, carers and teachers to work together and do everything in our power to fix this system as quickly as possible."
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