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It comes as separate stats shows a sharp rise in the number of tribunals concerning special educational needs support, as parents challenge the support on offer for their child.

Bayrou wrote on social media that "our thoughts go out" to the victim's "little boy", family, loved ones and the entire educational community.

"This must include a plan for the skilled workforce we need to deliver this vision, starting with teachers and addressing every educational stage, to underpin the industrial strategy," he said.

"Unlike many traffickers whose drug activities are borne, at least in part, from desperation, poverty, and a lack of educational opportunities," they said, "the defendant has lived a life replete with privilege and choice."

The issue is one of deep importance to the governor, whose own educational career was often defined by his dyslexia.