PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment (20 February 2023)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
Information on the school workforce in England is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November. Information is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication. This is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.
Information on the qualifications held by teachers is collected in the annual census. In the subject categories, qualifications to teach children with a hearing impairment would come under the broader category of ‘SEN – Sensory impairment’, which covers other sensory impairments such as visual and multi-sensory impairments.
There are currently no plans to change the collected list of qualification subjects to identify qualifications relating to sensory impairments at a more granular level.
The department is firmly committed to ensuring that children with special educational needs and disabilities, including hearing impairments, receive the support they need to achieve in their early years, at school and college.
Answered by:
Claire Coutinho (Conservative)
7 March 2023
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