Support for special needs pupils by Education Authority to be reviewed

There is to be an independent, external review of how the Education Authority (EA) supports children with special educational needs (SEN). The Department of Education (DE) has not given a timescale for the review but said it would begin "as soon as possible." It follows a highly critical Stormont report into failings in the EA's services for children with SEN. MLAs also heard that public confidence in the EA had been "totally shattered". The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report is the most
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