Special educational needs provision won’t improve unless teaching assistants are valued

Commenting on the government’s green paper on special educational needs and disability (SEND), UNISON head of education Mike Short said: “The commitments are welcome, but much of this has been said before. What’s needed is proper funding to put these measures into practice.
“Thousands of children are being let down because parents and schools struggle to access the support that’s required in good time.
“To have any hope of improving the system, the government