http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11287193
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Thousands of pupils are being wrongly labelled as having special educational needs when all they require is better teaching and support, Ofsted has said.
It said up to 25% of the 1.7m pupils in England with special needs would not be so labelled if schools focused more on teaching for all their children.
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The National Union of Teachers said such claims were "insulting and wrong".
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Some 54% of students with SEN - those with the least severe problems - are assessed by their schools, while the 2.7% with the most acute difficulties go through a complex process of assessment under their local authority to obtain a "statement" of their needs.
Ofsted's inspectors said the term SEN was used too widely and assessments varied widely in different areas.
They said schools should "stop identifying pupils as having SEN when they simply needed better teaching and pastoral support
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I have been thinking myself for some time that it is too easy to label a child for life.Plus that 54% of SEN students with 'less severe problems' are essentially stealing time and money from those with the really acute problems.
Also employ someone to 'FIND' children with issues then they may well be extra zealous in diagnosing such children.