Question follow-through · 48534

Special Educational Needs: Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of SEN information reports for parents and guardians who (a) have and (b) do not have SEND.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of SEN information reports for parents and guardians who (a) have and (b) do not have SEND.

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 May 2025

    Answer published

    The ‘Special educational needs and disability (SEND) code of practice’, paragraph 6.81, states that schools should ensure that information reports are easily accessible by young people and parents, and are set out in clear, straightforward language. They ...

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