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Better to do it properly next year than rush through yet another bodge job where no one understands what is being implemented and when, and neither private nor state schools are ready for the impact (particularly where the kids have special requirements and might slip through the net).
Still, I totally agree the optics just look like yet another u-turn / cock-up.
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As above, makes sense to do it properly but, with mention of SEN (which is a red herring which I can elaborate on in more detail if anyone is interested) I think Labour should go further and nationalise INMSS (independent and non maintained special schools, increasingly owned by venture capitalists, a day place can be north of £100k/year with residential places over £200k/year not uncommon, fully state funded on an individual child basis, in general deliver poor outcomes). Or at least include it as a serious option to contribute towards addressing the dearth of special school places (a direct result of Gove’s hopeless Academies Bill which did nothing to drive up standards/outcomes for children but did remove local accountability and make some people very, very rich so maybe it did deliver as intended).
Anyway, derail over.
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Ottomanotter
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talk of delaying vat on private schools
not a good look