Special Educational Needs: Appeals
Commons · Question 16339 · Tabled 6 Jul 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 28 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that local authorities do not reach the same outcome as original decisions where the SEND Tribunal upholds a family's appeal against a school placement and orders a l
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 28 Jul 2026
The department wants to protect parents' rights to express a preference for a setting, whilst ensuring that local authorities make placement decisions that consider the preference and needs of other children and young people in the area. In the government...