PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice (7 October 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 6 March 2024 to Question 16490 on Special Educational Needs: Codes of Practice, what steps her Department is taking to review the contents of SEND information reports.

Asked by:
Helen Hayes (Labour)

The requirement for all schools to publish Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Information Reports was introduced in the Children and Families Act 2014. Information Reports must contain details of a school’s provision for pupils with SEND and must be reviewed annually.

As part of the department’s work on long-term options for improving the SEND system, we will explore the role of SEND Information Reports.

Answered by:
Catherine McKinnell (Labour)
10 October 2024