Children with special needs in England will keep current support, minister says

Georgia Gould reassures parents that no child will be asked to leave school or have levels of assistance removedChildren with special needs will not lose their places at special schools or current levels of assistance, an education minister has told parents anxious that the government would strip away their child’s support.Facing questions at an online forum, part of the Department for Education’s (DfE) “national conversation” on changing special needs provision in England, Georgia Gould said: “No child is going to be asked to leave the school that they’re in. So I just want to give that reassurance.” Continue reading...