The head teacher of Britain’s largest private special needs school has warned Labour reforms risk ‘pushing children out’ of education.
Jonathan Hetherington, head of More House School in Surrey, said the overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities (Send) provision may lead to ‘woeful outcomes’ for pupils like his.
And he also said it could lead to a ‘shrinkage’ of the special needs sector, meaning a ‘loss of expertise’.
In future, ministers want all pupils with Send to be educated in mainstream schools, with only those with the very highest needs sent to special schools.
This will reduce the amount of public money used
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