Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 90341

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025

Question

Stuart Anderson

ConservativeSouth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support independent specialist education colleges.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The department recognises the role special post-16 institutions play in providing specialist education in the further education (FE) sector, catering for young people whose needs cannot be met in general FE colleges.We have been clear that a more inclusiv...

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