Pupils: Autism

(asked on 21st May 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the quality of the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills' (Ofsted) training materials that suggest children with autism are at increased risk of being susceptible to extremism.


Answered by
Josh MacAlister Portrait
Josh MacAlister
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
This question was answered on 10th June 2026

Ofsted are now delivering the renewed education inspection framework, with new training for inspectors, including updates on the Prevent duty, which no longer includes reference to children with autism.

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