Ms Caroline Cockerill:

It is hard on the ground in schools. Principals have to decide where is the greatest level of need. That can change on any given day. It has happened many times in our school that someone has rung in sick or you cannot get a substitute SNA because he or she has not been vetted to work in your school. My child has lower support needs so his SNA might be removed and sent downstairs. That might happen at the last minute so he does not know what is happening. That causes massive anxiety and feeds into the rest of his day. It impacts his whole day in school. Making it easier to get substitute SNAs would be one measure. We need more bodies and more SNAs in the school. We need more adults in the school. We cannot adopt a total model of inclusivity without the presence of more adults.