MP's Send meeting in parliament positive, says mum

A mother who was part of a meeting in parliament for parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) and education professionals said it was a positive event.

It was organised by the Labour MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire, Lee Barron, who held a similar session in January in the constituency.

Parent groups, schools, professionals and government representatives were at the meeting last week.

Susan Liverman, from Corby, part of the Not Fine in School campaign, said the point of the round table was to "focus on solutions around exclusion [and] we certainly met that objective."

Paul Meadows founder of SENDS 4 Dads was also at the meeting.

The group was started in 2015 but he said that since the pandemic it had got "really busy".

He said those at the meeting were told they "should come down [to parliament] again and keep doing this to get the momentum".

Mr Meadows said they hoped to "get out to even more MPs" to talk about their experience of being a parent of a child with Send.