A wide-ranging review of special educational needs provision by Oftsedconcluded that many children would not be identified as having SEN ifschools focused on improving teaching and learning.
Ofsted said the term SEN was used too widely. One in five of the 1.7million school-age children in England is identified as having SEN.
Ofsted chief inspector Christine Gilbert said, 'Although we saw someexcellent support for children with special educational needs, and ahuge investment of resources, there needs to be a shift indirection.
'It is vitally important that both the way they are identified, and thesupport they receive, work in the best interests of the childreninvolved. Higher expectations of all children, and better teaching andlearning, would lead to fewer children being identified as havingspecial educational needs.'
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