Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide additional funding to schools to support students with dyslexia.

All‎ schools are provided with funding to support children with special educational needs, including those with dyslexia.

In addition to funding through the Dedicated Schools Grant, since 2010, the Government has invested over £19 million to develop the capacity, skills and knowledge of the special educational needs and disability workforce, in schools; and £6 million specifically to train teachers working with children with dyslexia. This funding also supported the establishment of a robust framework to ensure these specialist teachers have the right training; and a National Scholarship Fund, which enabled staff to further develop their practice for supporting children with Special Educational Needs.

From April 2016 until March 2018, we are providing the British Dyslexia Association with £1.25m to deliver training to teachers’ ‎to support early identification of learning difficulties, including dyslexia.