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Pupils: ADHD

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the extent to which standardised behaviour policies in schools reflect evidence on (a) executive dysfunction and (b) other traits associated with ADHD.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
28 Apr 2025
Answer
2 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the extent to which standardised behaviour policies in schools reflect evidence on (a) executive dysfunction and (b) other traits associated with ADHD.

  2. 28 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 May 2025

    Answer published

    All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which outlines effective strategies that will encourage good behaviour and the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour.Any policy must be lawful, proportionate and reasonable, and comply w...

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