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Special Educational Needs: Training

Asked by Mr Angus MacDonaldLiberal DemocratDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 3 April 2025UIN 41715

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that Ofsted assessments include a requirement for schools to provide SEND training for all teachers.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

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