SEND Review

Background

• The SEND and Alternative Provision (AP) Review Government Green Paper was published on the 29th March – here is a summary of the document ”Right Support; Right Place, Right Time’
• The consultation deadline has been extended until the 22nd July due to late publication of accessible versions (listed below)
• We encourage our Members to submit their own response to the Government’s SEND Green Paper consultation survey
• This guide will help you state the case for inclusive education
• Our briefings (below) will inform you further

Accessible versions of the green paper:

• Easy-Read to support those with learning disabilities
• British Sign Language (BSL) to support those who are deaf or have a hearing impairment
• Large print (pdf)
• Guide for children and young people

What you can do: Responding to the Government consultation

We have produced a SEND Review Consultation Guide: What to include in your response

We need your assistance to help ALLFIE make the strongest case for why and how the SEND system must change, to recognize and realize Disabled children and Young peoples’ rights to inclusive education. The Department for Education (DfE) needs to hear from you about the impact the proposed SEND reforms will have for Disabled children and Young people’s right to inclusive education. We encourage our Members to submit their own response to the Government’s SEND Green Paper consultation survey.

What ALLFIE has been doing

ALLFIE has been gathering evidence from Disabled students and their allies for our submission to the Government SEND Green Paper Consultation. This included a series of public online roundtable events during May and an inclusive education survey. Thank you for your views and feedback, which has been reported back to the Steering Group to draft ALLFIE’s submission.

We have also published a supplementary edition of Inclusion Now magazine, with news articles about the Government reforms and consultation:

• Inclusion Now magazine SEND Review supplement

ALLFIE Briefings:

1. June briefing | SEND Review Consultation Guide: What to include in your response
2. May briefing | SEND Review Green Paper Consultation  News about the consultation timeframe and publication of accessible formats
3. April 29th briefing | SEND Review update: ALLFIE’s Green Paper response consultation
4. April 1st briefing | SEND Review: ALLFIE responds to newly published Government Green Paper

More information

• Inclusion Now magazine SEND Review supplement
• ALLFIE’s SEND Review submission | May 2020
  Initial response to the major review into support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Forward to Inclusion or ‘Back’ to Segregation: UK Government SEND Review for England
  Inclusion Now article | Richard Rieser July2021
• What’s in the SEND Review Green Paper?
  Matt Kier | Special Needs Jungle March 2022
• Summary of the SEND Review: Right support, right place, right time
• Government SEND Review website

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