Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 49884
Special Educational Needs: Admissions
Tabled: 1 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Question
Mr Lee Dillon
Liberal Democrat — Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that all schools within a local authority accept children with Education, Health and Care Plans.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on schools named by a local authority on an education, health and care plan to admit a child. The local authority must have consulted with the school and carefully considered any views expressed before nami...
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