Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 38839

Further Education: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 17 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat — West Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to enable (a) Social, Emotional and Mental Health provisions and (b) Pupil Referral Units to extend (i) academic and (ii) vocational education to post-16 students on the same

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The statutory duty on local authorities to arrange alternative provision applies to children of compulsory school age. This includes a duty to arrange education for children who cannot attend school due to their mental or physical health needs.Although th...
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