The Government has announced a £200 million teacher training programme to support pupils in England with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
New courses will be available to all teaching staff to improve knowledge on how to adapt their teaching to meet a wide range of needs in the classroom, such as visual impairments and speech and language needs.
There will be a new expectation set out in the SEND Code of Practice, stating that every nursery, school and college should receive training on SEND.
Cllr Amanda Hopgood, Chair of the LGA’s Children, Young People and Families Committee, said: “It is vital that our education system becomes more inclusive, so that more children with SEND can attend their local mainstream school.
“For this to happen we need a workforce that has the capacity and right skills, and this investment will help support that.
“We look to the Government to follow up this positive announcement soon, with a Schools White Paper that sets out how the SEND system will be transformed to meet children’s needs more quickly and fix the failings of the current system.”