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Special Educational Needs: Dyscalculia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for dyscalculia.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
20 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for dyscalculia.

  2. 20 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) code of practice is clear that meeting the needs of a child with special educational needs does not require a diagnostic label or test. Instead, the department expects teachers to monitor the progress ...

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