Rayleigh and Wickford MP Mark Francois, attended the National Autistic Society’s ‘Let Every Child Learn’ event in Westminster this week.
The event was hosted to help raise awareness about the charity’s recent Education Report, which revealed a worrying lack of the right support for autistic pupils at school. Concerningly, it was also highlighted that there are more than 200,000 autistic pupils in England, but only a quarter (26%) feel happy at school and three in four parents or carers of autistic children (74%) said their child’s school place does not meet their needs.
Commenting after the event, Mark Francois MP said:
“Too many autistic children are missing out on support to learn and enjoy school. That is why, having attended this important event, I am continuing with my campaign for a new special needs school in South Essex. This is intended to hopefully provide additional special needs places for parents and special needs children, along with their parents, who so desperately need more support.
In the meantime, I look forward to working together with the National Autistic Society, to make our vision for quality education for all autistic people a reality.”
