Amanda Allard is the new Director of the Council for Disabled Children, and Strategic Director of Practice and Programmes at the National Children’s Bureau.
A group of organisations that protects and promotes the rights of disabled children and children with SEN to a high quality education that meets their needs.
The Special Educational Consortium (SEC) calls on the next Government to rethink the education system with better accountability, investment, and listening to children and families.
We are part of a consortium supporting the Department for Education (DfE) to test the proposed changes to the SEND and alternative provision system, as set out in the Improvement Plan published in March 2023.
