Parents of children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) on the Island may not be aware, but at the moment, a government inquiry is taking place investigating how parental confidence in the SEN assessment process can be improved.
The Lamb Inquiry, headed up by Brian Lamb, was set up in March 2008 in response to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Report, Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding.
As part of the evidence gathering, the inquiry is looking for feedback from parents of children with SEN and are giving you a chance to confidentially have your say.
Back in December 2008,
Brian Lamb wrote to Children’s Secretary Ed Balls raising concerns that parents feel they have to “fight” or “battle” the system to secure high quality provision for their children and listed concerns ranging from a lack of information for parents to failures by local authorities to comply with their duties in relation to children with SEN and disabilities.
If you have encountered difficulties in securing the right provision for your child with SEN or disabilities on the Island, then make sure you have your say by writing to the email address below and making your voice heard.
The Lamb Inquiry will be responsible for looking at ways in which your in the SEN assessment process can be improved. It will commission and evaluate innovative projects in these areas as well as drawing on the evidence of other work currently commissioned by the Department as well as taking into account the evidence of the submissions to the two Select Committee Reports in 2006 and 2007.
To send your comments in to the Inquiry email philippa.stobbs(at)dcsf.gsi.gov.uk
