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Send: Special educational needs children in England to receive more help

The government has unveiled new plans to reform support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) in England.

The long-awaited Department for Education plans aim to improve what it calls a "postcode lottery" system.

Plans for earlier diagnoses are part of the reforms, as well as a commitment to build 33 more special free schools.

School leaders welcomed the plans, but said the "desperately needed" new schools "will take years to build".

Read the full story on the BBC here.