Question follow-through · 2815
Special Educational Needs: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of all secondary schools notifying SEND students and their families of the option to study Functional Skills Qualifications instead of GCSEs.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 30 calendar days after tabling
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- Ukrainian Language: GCSE · 21 May 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of all secondary schools notifying SEND students and their families of the option to study Functional Skills Qualifications instead of GCSEs.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department is committed to securing an excellent education for every child and your person. We recognise that GCSEs will not be the most appropriate route for every young person. While most pupils at key stage 4 work towards GCSEs or Technical Awards,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Ukrainian Language: GCSE
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on the introduction of a GCSE in Ukrainian.