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Special Educational Needs

Commons · Question 38739 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Carla Denyer

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take legislative steps to require independent schools to (a) identify SEND pupils and (b) provide support to those pupils in line with the (i) SEND Code of Practice and (ii) Children and Families Ac

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 25 Mar 2025

Independent schools are regulated against The Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, which set out the standards for the education, welfare and safety for pupils attending an independent school. These standards can be accessed at: http...