Vikki Slade - SEND Champion
Working hard for SEND children
Lib Dem MP Vikki Slade has been working hard to ensure children and young people, especially those with SEND, get the support and opportunities they need.
Youth inclusion is not an issue unique to government. Within schools, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) remain one of the most pressing issues for local families.
Vikki has been working hard all year round to champion the issues that children with SEND are facing:
Vikki spoke in Parliament about how the SEND crisis is robbing children of a fair education, exhausting families, and pushing teachers to breaking point. Councils are overwhelmed, NHS delays are forcing parents into debt, and too often private providers are profiting while children miss out.
In a Westminster Hall debate Vikki called for better support to help neurodivergent people into employment. The right help must begin in schools; without it, children are being set up to fail.
She co-signed Adam Dance MP’s Neurodivergence Screening and Teacher Training Bill to ensure teachers have the knowledge and tools to support every child.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, Vikki raised the case of Axel, a young constituent who lost his school place and has been left without any alternative provision. Axel is one of more than 600 children with SEND across the country currently without a school place.