The Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced that the intended Schools White Paper will now not be published until early next year (2026). A white paper is a government policy document which sets out plans for future laws and policies. The Schools White Paper will include proposals on SEND in England.
In a letter to Commons Education Select Committee chair Helen Hayes, Ms Phillipson writes: “To help us deliver the most effective set of reforms we can, I have taken the decision to have a further period of co-creation, testing our proposals with the people who matter most in this reform – the families – alongside teachers and other experts as you highlight in the select committee’s report.” You can read the letter here