Solving the SEND Crisis

Inquiry by the Education Committee, 20 December 2024. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

5th Report - Solving the SEND Crisis (18 September 2025)
Large Print - 5th Report - Solving the SEND Crisis (18 September 2025)
Easy Read - 5th Report - Solving the SEND crisis (18 September 2025)
BSL report summary - 5th Report - Solving the SEND crisis (18 September 2025)
Audio summary - 5th Report - Solving the SEND crisis (18 September 2025)
7th Special Report - Solving the SEND Crisis: Government Response (11 December 2025)
1st Special Report – Solving the SEND crisis: Government Response (17 June 2026)

Evidence sessions

28 January 2025: Ms Katie Ghose, Kids; Amanda Allard, Council for Disabled Children; Miss Imogen Steele, Contact
28 January 2025: Tania Tirraoro, Special Needs Jungle Ltd; Jo Harrison, National Network of Parent Carer Forums (NNPCF); Mrs Hayley Harding, Let Us learn Too; Agnes Agyepong, Global Black Maternal Health
25 February 2025: F40; Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); County Councils Network; National Association of Head Teachers; National Association of Independent Schools and Non-Maintained Special Schools
11 March 2025: Katie Nellist; Miss Lucy Bowerman; Joanna Hall; Sarah Cobb; Madeline Thomas
11 March 2025: Dingley's Promise; The National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen); Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL); Natspec
29 April 2025: Better Communications CIC; NHS Confederation; South West London Integrated Care Board
29 April 2025: Association of Educational Psychologists; Professor Ian Kessler, Kings College London; The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
13 May 2025: Independent Provider of Special Education Advice (IPSEA); Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO); Ofsted; Care Quality Commission (CQC)
10 June 2025: Daniel Constable-Phelps, St Mary’s Primary and Nursery School; Conrad Bourne, The Mercian Trust; Nicole Dempsey, Dixons Academies Trust
10 June 2025: Dr Susana Castro-Kemp, UCL Faculty of Education and Society (IOE); Dr Peter Gray, SSCYP (Strategic Services for Children & Young People); Jo Hutchinson, Education Policy Institute
1 July 2025: Department for Education; Department for Education