Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing its guidance on excluding children with special educational needs with experts in the SEND sector.
In June 2021, the department launched a call for evidence on managing behaviour, including understanding how the best schools meet their duties in supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to be fully part of the school community and engaged with their education. This evidence will be considered and further assessed alongside the results of a forthcoming public consultation on the revised ‘suspension and exclusion guidance and behaviour in schools guidance’. Both sets of guidance will provide practical advice to the education sector to create calm, orderly, safe, and supportive school environments that support their pupils to succeed.