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Special Educational Needs

Asked by Yuan YangLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 905874

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the system for supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities.

Answered by Georgia Gould

There are challenges in the special educational needs and disabilities system. We will make mainstream education more inclusive through early identification of needs, effective support and high quality teaching while ensuring special schools can support the most complex needs.

We are engaging with children, parents and experts and experts on wider reforms.

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