Special Educational Needs: Reforming provision in English schools says that independent panels should be set up to assess the individual needs of SEN pupils and parents should have a guaranteed choice on types of schooling.
The report's author, Ralph Hartley, said, 'We need to focus on making sure children have the help they need so they can learn - not on where children are educated. The upcoming SEN Green Paper is an opportunity for the coalition Government to make sure this happens.'
The report argues for a new national assessment criteria to be set up and for independent assessment panels to apply this locally.
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