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Special Educational Needs

Commons · Question 48770 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 6 May 2025

Question

Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are adequately (a) funded and (b) staffed to meet the needs of children with EHCPs in cases where the school has deemed it unsafe for the child to attend due

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 6 May 2025

Local authorities must consult with settings before naming them in an education, health and care (EHC) plan. The setting can express concerns about being named and the local authority must consider these concerns carefully. However, if named in the plan, ...