Rejected petition Reevaluate the procedure for SEN children's education and better support family

Children with special educational needs are currently having to fight far to hard to gain an education. There is limited spaces in specialised schools, resulting in children being left in the wrong setting, home schooled, or taught by professionals lacking correct training.

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Having a child with special needs is an incredibly rewarding, but around the clock difficult job as a parent. Why does every bit of support for them have to be a battle? Decisions about their lives and future being made by a panel of strangers who are basing decisions on a piece of paper? I think we should work to create more support for parents and children, more schools and funding for our vulnerable children, and reconsider how the system works altogether for more personal support to us

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Since you started your petition the Government has launched a public consultation on major changes it wants to make to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) system in England.

Find out more about the consultation and share your views: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/send-review-right-support-right-place-right-time

We have also published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Make SEND training mandatory for all teaching staff: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607849

Require schools ringfence funding for pupils with Education and Healthcare Plans: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607434

Fund increased support for children with additional needs in mainstream schools: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/606406

Fund additional specialist school capacity for children with disabilities & SEN:

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Date submitted 25 March 2022
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