The Lamb Inquiry
The Lamb Inquiry was originally established in 2008 as part of the Government’s response to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee Report Special Educational Needs: Assessment and Funding.
The Inquiry, under the chairmanship of Brian Lamb, the Chair of the Special Educational Consortium, was tasked with investigating a range of ways in which parental confidence in the SEN assessment process might be improved.
The Inquiry took an extensive look across the special educational needs system and the impact on parental confidence. It gathered a wide range of views from parents, children, teachers and other professionals involved in delivering and managing services. The Inquiry found the SEN framework largely to be sound, but that parental experience of its operation varied – some parents were very positive, while others had experienced great difficulties.
The Lamb Inquiry was asked to:
- consider a range of ways in which parental confidence in the SEN assessment process might be increased;
- commission and evaluate innovative projects in these areas;
- draw on the evidence of other work currently commissioned by the Department;
- take into account the evidence of the submissions to the two Select Committee Reports in 2006 and 2007.
The Inquiry started its work in March 2008 and reported in June 2008 on the commissioning of innovative projects and initial areas of focus for the Inquiry.
The projects ran for the school year September 2008 to July 2009.
In February 2010, the Government published Improving parental confidence in the special educational needs system: An implementation plan in response to the Lamb Inquiry.
The following links refer to different parts of the Lamb Inquiry which will provide you with more information.
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