‘Tariffs and special educational needs and disabilities law are rarely spoken about in the same breath. The mid-April, 2025 economic headwinds caused by the American government’s trade policies may exacerbate existing trends identified earlier this year which can impact on SEND. A month or so before the stock and bond market chaos caused by Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation day’ the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson counselled parents that they must ‘think very differently’ on SEND support. In a speech to the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) annual conference Phillipson sign posted that there would likely be reforms to the 2014 Children and Families Act. She remarked “I think we need to take a step back from the system that we have right now, the system that came from the 2014 reforms, and start to think very differently about what the system will look like.”‘
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Source: www.4-5.co.uk
