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A few days ago, a group of leading care and education charities warned that Scotland risks creating a “lost generation of vulnerable children”.

This intervention came after School Leaders Scotland (SLS), which represents secondary school staff like headteachers and deputes, released a report suggesting that the system as it stands is “not fit for purpose”.

Members said that the amount of support available to schools has fallen while the level of need amongst pupils (and their families) has massively increased. At the same time, it has become harder and harder to access specialist provision for those who really need it.

At the end of last year, The Herald ran a special series looking at the state of ASN in Scotland’s schools. We heard many of the same concerns and

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