'Asleep at the wheel' claim over learning needs reform

A CONSERVATIVE politician has accused ministers of being “asleep at the wheel’ as longstanding problems persist with Wales’ additional learning needs reforms.

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Natasha Asghar, the Tory shadow education secretary, pictured, warned that pupils are being let down by the Welsh Government's “fundamentally flawed” additional learning needs (ALN) shakeup.

Ms Asghar expressed concerns about pupils “slipping through the cracks”, with statistics showing a drastic drop in the number of pupils receiving support.

She said: “My biggest concern right now is there's been a 53% decrease in the number of pupils being identified as having ALN over the four years since the system was introduced.