Special Educational Needs and Disability (Support) Bill

Key Points

• Provides for additional training for teachers and specialist staff who support pupils with special educational needs or disabilities.
• Introduces requirements to improve access to specialist services for SEND pupils (such as therapies and assessments).
• Would involve schools and local authorities in delivering these improvements and ensuring access to services.
• Originated in the House of Commons and, as of the record, was at the second reading stage in the Commons (2009).

Progress

The bill had its first and second readings in the House of Commons in 2009 and is listed here as being at the second reading stage; no later stages are recorded in the provided information.