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Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current Initial Teacher Training provision in preparing teachers to support children with speech and language needs.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
3 Mar 2026
Answer
24 Mar 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current Initial Teacher Training provision in preparing teachers to support children with speech and language needs.

  2. 3 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including pupils with speech and language needs.Courses must incorporate the minimum entitlement set out in the Init...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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