Question follow-through · 24291
Dyslexia: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce a pathway for the identification of dyslexia in post 16 education settings for students not identified at earlier stages of education.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Schools: Staff · 10 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce a pathway for the identification of dyslexia in post 16 education settings for students not identified at earlier stages of education.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2026
Answer published
The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice requires a person-centred approach to identifying SEND (including dyslexia) in children and young people, placing emphasis on the individual’s own views and choices after compulsory sc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Schools: Staff
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the School Workforce Census to record neurodivergence.