State-funded Schools: Special Educational Needs - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:13 pm on 11 December 2024.

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Photo of Baroness Smith of Malvern Baroness Smith of Malvern Minister of State (Education), Lords Spokesperson (Equalities) 3:13, 11 December 2024

Ollie is very lucky to have the noble Baroness as his great-aunt. But she raises an important point about the speed with which it is possible to carry out assessments. It is for that reason that we are supporting local authority educational psychology services by investing over £20 million to train 400 more educational psychologists, because they play a particularly important role in supporting those services and contributing to statutory assessments. As the noble Baroness said, we must ensure that more children are able to succeed in our mainstream schools, as I am sure Ollie will.