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Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia

Commons · Question 91736 · 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, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for dyscalculia.

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 ...