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Numeracy: Assessments

Commons · Question 91735 · Tabled 17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2025

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Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of screening tests to identify early difficulties with numeracy.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 2 Dec 2025

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) code of practice is clear that meeting the needs of a child with special educational needs does not require a diagnostic label or test. Instead, the department expects teachers to monitor the progress ...