FUNDING FOR THE TRAINING OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS

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That this House expresses concern that the basis of funding for the training of educational psychologists in England is undermined by the lack of long-term stability or security; notes thatthe funding of the training is the responsibility of individual local authorities; believes that a national need for educational psychologists should be met by a national supply, funded nationally; and calls on the Department for Children, Schools and Families to investigate methods of providing secure national funding for the training of educational psychologists.