Number of children with special needs falls by 70,000 after government crackdown on parents wrongly trying to claim extra funds The number of children diagnosed with special education needs has plummeted by 70,000 after the government announced a crackdown. In 2011-12, 1.62 million pupils were labelled as having some form of learning difficulty, behavioural problem or speech impediment. This fell last year to 1.55 million - a difference of almost five per cent in just 12 months. SEN diagnoses have been viewed with some suspicion as they can be used to claim extra funds and are taken into account when assessing exam results - potentially improving a schools place in league tables. Three years ago a damning Ofsted report estimated 450,000 children had been classed as SEN to hide poor teaching. The Coalition subsequently announced it was tackling the problem by introducing tougher screening measures. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2473854/Number-children-special-needs-falls-government-crackdown.html
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 09:37:12 +0000
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