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Policy Exchange recently published a major report into improving education for pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) – aimed at driving up standards and helping every child achieve their potential.

The report backs setting up independent panels to gauge what individual needs SEN pupil have – with parents given a guaranteed choice on what type of schooling their child should get.

Just 33.7 per cent of SEN pupils currently reach the expected National Curriculum level in English and Maths compared to 84.6 per cent of pupils with no SEN. Children with SEN are twice as likely to be persistently absent from school and are eight times as likely to be excluded from school.

See more at http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/assets/SEN-reform-PR.pdf