The vast majority of disabled children, and those with special education needs (SEND), can and should be educated in mainstream schools.
The SEND framework ensures that where a pupil with SEND has such significant needs that the mainstream system is unable to provide a suitable education, there is a tightly regulated system in place for ensuring their needs are met through an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and that they attend a setting that can properly support them. Children, young people and their parents are put at the centre of decision-making.
In comparison, placements into alterative provision take place with little formal consideration of their suitability, little input into the decision by parents or the child themselves, and, too often, little consideration of the child’s SEN.
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