Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education, has finally turned her attention back to her brief – and there is a big group of school parents who wish she hadn’t. Parents whose children have special needs are up in arms about the latest announcement that has come from the Department of Education.

It was bad enough to hear that, given Phillipson’s other pressing commitments (her doomed attempt to be elected deputy Labour party leader earlier in the Autumn being one), the publication of the white paper on schools’ special needs (SEND) provision would be postponed until next year. Concern over this delay – sinister murmurings about a total overhaul of the system have also alarmed parents already struggling to navigate this labyrinth – has been overshadowed by reports that children wi

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