The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Speech and Language Difficulties has called for a programme of improved awareness for staff, better diagnosis and response rates, and more targeted support for the most vulnerable pupils.
The Better Communication Research programme, a three-year research programme funded by the Department for Education, reported in December that pupils entitled to free school meals and living in more deprived neighbourhoods were more than twice as likely to be identified as having speech, language and communication needs.
The MPs’ report said that communication difficulties have a knock-on effect on young people’s readiness for school, as well as on literacy and school performance and put children at risk of a wide range of long-term disadvantages in terms of literacy, mental health and employment.
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