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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sally Weale Education correspondent

Warning of no early reform of special educational needs in England amid new inquiry

Helen Hayes pictured near parliament
Helen Hayes: ‘If this task was easy to solve, it would not be such a deep crisis.’ Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Parents frustrated by the multiple failings of England’s special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system have been warned it is not realistic to expect reform to happen quickly, as MPs announced another inquiry into the crisis.

MPs on the cross-party education committee in Westminster say the latest inquiry will seek to find practical solutions rather than just point out problems. The report from the previous one, which went on for 18 months, was published in 2019.

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