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

One in three teachers have no behaviour support for pupils with additional needs, poll finds

Teacher with two pupils
Three-quarters of teachers surveyed called for more learning support assistants in classrooms. Photograph: SolStock/Getty Images

One in three teachers say they have no behaviour support team for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), while one in four have no educational psychologist or speech and language therapist to help them, according to a union survey.

The online poll, which attracted responses from 8,000 members of the National Education Union (NEU), indicated that seven in eight teachers feel resources are insufficient to meet growing demand, with three-quarters calling for more learning support assistants in classrooms.

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