Pupils: Neurodiversity
Commons · Question 14141 · Tabled 13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of schools that have applied full-time attendance targets for (a) autistic and (b) neurodivergent children w
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 22 Nov 2024
The department’s guidance to schools, trusts and local authorities on supporting school attendance sets clear expectations to provide a ‘support-first’ approach to attendance, while maintaining high ambitions for all pupils.The department knows that some ...