Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30818

Special Educational Needs: Mental Health

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 19 February 2025

Question

Zarah Sultana

Your PartyCoventry South

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of mental health and wellbeing support for children with special educational needs in primary education.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Schools are required to identify and address the special educational needs (SEN) of the pupils they support and, in the case of mainstream settings, to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEN gets the support they n...

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