Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 6047

Special Educational Needs: Autism and Learning Disability

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 17 October 2024

Question

Dame Caroline Dinenage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing the Oliver McGowan mandatory training on learning disability and autism in education settings.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell

The government aims to support all pupils with special education need and disabilities (SEND), including with autism, to achieve and thrive at school. High quality teaching and support is the single most important in-school factor in improving outcomes fo...

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