“What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of planned SEND reforms on the ability of local authorities to effectively cooperate with multi-academy trusts on the delivery of local area SEND improvement plans.”
Asked by
Clive Jones
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for School Standards (Georgia Gould)
Through the national consultation and local special educational needs and disabilities reform plans, we are ensuring that multi-academy trusts play a key role in SEND reforms. New national inclusion standards will create shared expectations for all schools around inclusive education, and the SEND reforms make clear our expectations that all multi-academy trusts and schools work in partnership with local authorities to ensure the needs of every child in an area are met.