Special Educational Needs: Glastonbury and Somerton
Commons · Question 7212 · Tabled 5 Jun 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her department holds on the number of pupils with an EHCP in Glastonbury and Somerton, who had a special school as their first preference and were subsequently allocated a place in a mainstream settin
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 11 Jun 2026
Placements at special schools are usually made through education, health and care (EHC) plans. The department does not hold figures on whether a mainstream setting named on an EHC plan was the setting preferred by the parents of the child.