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Rosie Duffield
MP for Canterbury, Whitstable and the Villages


Rosie hosts SEND Roundtable
Last week, Rosie Duffield MP hosted a roundtable discussion with Headteachers, SENCOs and parents of children with SEND alongside representatives from the Department of Education, to discuss the ongoing SEND funding crisis and explore what is going wrong and what more can be done to ensure some of the most vulnerable children in our society are not failed. It was heart-breaking to hear yet more desperate stories about children with documented needs on an EHCP (Educational Hea
Dec 11, 20251 min read


Meeting with Whitstable Day Nursery to discuss Early Years support
At a recent surgery, Rosie Duffield MP met with Whitstable Day Nursery to discuss their concerns around the new funding structure within...
Sep 30, 20251 min read


Rosie visits Speech and Language Link in Canterbury
During Parliamentary Recess, Rosie Duffield MP visited Speech and Language Link , an organisation supporting speech, language and...
Sep 16, 20251 min read


University Merger: Letter to the Secretary of State for Education
The news of the University of Kent merging with Greenwich University came as a shock for many. I have written to Bridget Phillipson MP,...
Sep 11, 20251 min read


Whitstable Unplugged: Meeting with School Leaders
Last week, Rosie Duffield MP joined school leaders from across the Canterbury and Whitstable at an emergency meeting organised by...
Sep 11, 20251 min read


Rosie attends the launch of the Unplugged Coalition
Rosie Duffield MP attends the launch of the Unplugged Coalition in Parliament
Jun 26, 20251 min read


Meeting with SEND Reform England
This week in Parliament, I met SEND Reform England, a voluntary campaign group set up in May 2023 by a group of Mums who connected...
Jan 19, 20241 min read


SEND Provision in East Kent
Last week, parents from across East Kent staged a protest outside the offices of Kent County Council. Desperate parents, carers and SEND...
Oct 5, 20231 min read
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