Posted on Thursday 19th Sep 2024
Hundreds of children with special educational needs (SEN) are completely missing from education in England, analysis suggests.
Children with SEN make up 22% of the 2,900 children not enrolled at a school or being suitably educated elsewhere - which is disproportionately high, as 16% of children in state education have SEN, the report says.
Children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza, who produced it, said provision for children with SEN was “the number one thing that needs sorting out alongside attendance to make sure our kids can go to school”.
The Department for Education said the report showed there were "far too many children falling through the cracks".
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