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Special Educational Needs: Armed Forces

Asked by Damian HindsConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 22 May 2026UIN 126

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted inspection frameworks take account of how schools support children from Armed Forces families with special educational needs or disabilities.

Answered by Georgia Gould

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

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