Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30956

Special Educational Needs: Admissions

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 25 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Jayne Kirkham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of changing school registration forms to enable teachers to identify children born prematurely who are more at risk of special educational needs.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

The government does not require schools to request information from parents about whether their child was born prematurely. It does, however, expect them to put the right support in place for each child, taking account of their individual needs and school...

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