Written questions

Special Educational Needs

Commons · Question 53854 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the provision of education, health and care plans to children in mainstream schools on the number of applications made to specialist schools.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 2 Jun 2025

The vast majority of children with special educational needs (SEN) have always been taught in mainstream schools and the Children and Families Act 2014 sets a presumption in law that all children, including those with SEN, should be taught in mainstream s...