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Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish assessments of the impact of the proposed reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system on workloads of teaching staff in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) Engl

answeredAdam DanceDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
17 Jun 2026
Answer
28 Jul 2026 · 43 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish assessments of the impact of the proposed reforms to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities system on workloads of teaching staff in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) Engl

  2. 17 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Through the department’s engagement with the sector, we have heard a clear and consistent message from teachers that the current system is not working and driving unnecessary and bureaucratic processes.The department’s proposed reforms aim to create a mor...

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