Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 60647

Dyslexia: Screening

Tabled: 17 June 2025

Answered: 1 July 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to ensure (a) early and (b) consistent identification of dyslexia in primary schools in (i) Fylde constituency and (ii) Lancashire.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

We recognise that the early identification of need and support is critical to improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with dyslexia, and measures have been introduced to supp...

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