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Special Educational Needs: Inspections

Asked by Melanie OnnLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 19 February 2025UIN 30648

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of including criteria for evaluating the inclusivity of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision in schools within Ofsted inspec

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

Criteria for evaluating inclusivity in mainstream, special and alternative provision schools are a key part of the proposals set out in the consultation ‘Improving the way Ofsted inspects education’, which runs until 28 April 2025.

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