Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 82922

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of taking steps to help ensure that all local authorities employ multi-sensory impairment teachers.

Answer

Georgia Gould
It is the responsibility of local authorities, schools, and further education (FE) settings to commission appropriately qualified staff to support the education of children and young people in their area.To teach a class of pupils with sensory impairments...

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