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".
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