Overview
- Funding will be rolled out over this Parliament to deliver flexible online and in-person courses that fit staff workloads.
- Support will span early years through age 25, with training on practical classroom strategies and the use of assistive technology.
- Ministers plan to add an expectation to the SEND Code of Practice that all staff receive SEND and inclusion training, with the offer due to start next year.
- Further education teacher training will explicitly require learning to support SEND students under new statutory standards, alongside bursaries of up to £31,000.
- Local MPs and school leaders welcomed the plans, saying earlier identification and better training should reduce pressure on families and specialist services.