Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 14141

Pupils: Neurodiversity

Tabled: 13 November 2024
Answered: 22 November 2024

Question

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal DemocratStratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of schools that have applied full-time attendance targets for (a) autistic and (b) neurodivergent children w

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The department’s guidance to schools, trusts and local authorities on supporting school attendance sets clear expectations to provide a ‘support-first’ approach to attendance, while maintaining high ambitions for all pupils.The department knows that some ...

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