Select Committee · Education Committee

SEND White Paper

Status: Open Opened: 24 Mar 2026

This one-off evidence session will examine the SEND reforms proposed in the recent Schools White Paper. Building on the Committee’s earlier inquiry, Solving the SEND Crisis , the session will explore current system challenges and inform the Committee’s response to the Department’s consultation on the reforms.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
14 Apr 2026 Amanda Serjeant · Local Government Association (LGA), Anna Bird · Disabled Children's Partnership, Daniel Kebede · National Education Union, Hayley Harding · Let Us learn Too, Jane Harris · Speech and Language UK, Kate Cox · Independent Provider of Special Education Advice, Margaret Mulholland · Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), Ms Katie Ghose · Kids View ↗

Who gave evidence

8 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Amanda Serjeant · Vice Chair of Children, Young People and Families… Local Government Association (LGA) 1
Anna Bird · Chair Disabled Children's Partnership 1
Daniel Kebede · General Secretary National Education Union 1
Hayley Harding · Founder Let Us learn Too 1
Jane Harris · CEO Speech and Language UK 1
Kate Cox · Senior Solicitor Independent Provider of Special Education Advice 1
Margaret Mulholland · Head of SEND & Inclusion Policy Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) 1
Ms Katie Ghose · CEO Kids 1