Pupils: Disadvantaged

(asked on 1st September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Ofsted’s new inspection framework will evaluate schools’ provision for vulnerable pupils, including those with Adverse Childhood Experiences; and whether inspectors will be required to consider the impact of behaviour and reward systems on pupil wellbeing and inclusion.


Answered by
Georgia Gould Portrait
Georgia Gould
Minister of State (Education)
This question was answered on 9th September 2026

This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member for Basingstoke directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

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