Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 48770

Special Educational Needs

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

James MacCleary

Liberal DemocratLewes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that schools are adequately (a) funded and (b) staffed to meet the needs of children with EHCPs in cases where the school has deemed it unsafe for the child to attend due

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Local authorities must consult with settings before naming them in an education, health and care (EHC) plan. The setting can express concerns about being named and the local authority must consider these concerns carefully. However, if named in the plan, ...

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