Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 100407

Brain: Injuries

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of training for teachers and education support staff on recognising and supporting pupils with acquired brain injuries.

Answer

Georgia Gould
Children who have had a brain injury can be affected in different ways. Some brain injuries will result in a special educational need (SEN) or a medical need, whilst others may affect a child in other ways. In whatever way a brain injury manifests, it is ...

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