Special Educational Needs: Dispute Resolution
Commons · Question 78153 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Julian Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of investing in early dispute resolution and mediation for the purposes of resolving disputes in the SEND system.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 20 Oct 2025
The department believes that more special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) disputes should be resolved earlier, with families, settings and local authorities working together to develop solutions to disagreements.We are aware that not all familie...