Pupils: ADHD
Commons · Question 48070 · Tabled 24 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 2 May 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the extent to which standardised behaviour policies in schools reflect evidence on (a) executive dysfunction and (b) other traits associated with ADHD.
Answer
Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 2 May 2025
All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which outlines effective strategies that will encourage good behaviour and the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour.Any policy must be lawful, proportionate and reasonable, and comply w...