Teachers and schools face “a huge ask” implementing the government’s special needs proposals affecting hundreds of thousands of children, according to education leaders and MPs who otherwise gave the plans a cautious welcome.
Under the plans unveiled by Bridget Phillipson, mainstream schools in England will assess pupils with special needs and draw up individual support plans (ISPs), creating a potential workload burden before the changes take full effect in 2029-30.
The new plans aim to extend support to many of the 1.3 million children in state schools identified as having special needs but who do not have the education, health and care plans (EHCPs) currently required for individualised support.
Pepe Di’Iasio, general secr
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