Lack of support for Send children is ‘timebomb’ for public services, MPs told

Pippa Heylings shared an account from a professional in her constituency which described a girl being excluded from school because of her neurodivergence (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

A lack of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) is a “timebomb” for public services, MPs have been told.

In a debate on Send provision for children with autism and ADHD, Liberal Democrat MP Pippa Heylings read the words of a teacher in her constituency of South Cambridgeshire who said students with special needs were being educated in corridors due to a lack of space and resources.