Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 55237

Girls: Autism

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to develop teacher training to recognise (a) autism presentation and (b) masking behaviours in girls.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
The department wants all children and young people to be able to receive the right support to succeed in their education and we recognise that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) often require access to additio...

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