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Majority of school staff report insufficient resources for special needs pupils

Source: PA Wire

The majority of school staff believe there are not enough resources for children with special educational needs and disabilities, a survey suggests.

A poll, of over 8,000 National Education Union (NEU) teacher and support staff members in England and Wales, suggests that 41% said they had no access to counsellors or occupational health specialists to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send).

One in three respondents reported that there was no specialist behaviour support team to help

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