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Special Educational Needs: Nurses

Commons · Question 48320 · Tabled 25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of paediatric nurses employed in SEND schools in England.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 6 May 2025

As of November 2023, the latest date for which data is available, 73 people were employed in state-funded special schools in England with a role of ‘nurse’. This is an increase from 66 in 2022 and 56 in 2021.The figures provided are based on staff roles a...