Special Educational Needs: Mental Health
Commons · Question 30818 · Tabled 11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Zarah Sultana
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing support for children with special educational needs in primary education.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 19 Feb 2025
Schools are required to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils they support and, in the case of mainstream settings, to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEN gets the support they n...