SEND school overcrowding 'outrageous' and 'appalling' 

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Respoding to a BBC investigation that reveals SEND schools are overcrowded and children are learning in cupboards, Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson Munira Wilson MP said:

"It is appalling that any child is learning in a cupboard, let alone children with additional learning needs and disabilities.

"These learners often need calm, sensory safe environments, extra space for equipment and support staff, and consistency in their learning patterns, not to be crammed into inappropriate buildings and left to make do.

"This Conservative Government should hang its head in shame. How SEND provisions have been allowed to get to this critical point is outrageous.

"Ministers promised a SEND Improvement Plan, but it has been delayed again and again by Conservative chaos. They must publish it now and act urgently to put an end to the postcode lottery for SEND children."

ENDS

Notes to Editor:

BBC report here.