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Johny Daniel, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Durham University

Students with special educational needs are years behind their peers – they need specialist teachers in mainstream classrooms

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A new report from the National Audit Office into special educational needs provision in England has concluded that despite a significant increase investment over the last decade, “the system is still not delivering better outcomes for children and young people”.

This is borne out by my research. Students with special educational needs in England are significantly behind in reading, writing and maths compared to their classmates.

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