Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Georgia Gould and Luke Akehurst

Monday 20th October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Georgia Gould]

Teacher training is an incredibly important part of mainstream inclusion and, from this September, we have changed the core teacher training to ensure that it includes SEND content. We are also supporting early years provision to have specialist SEND support, alongside the wider work to support mainstream inclusion.

[Luke Akehurst (North Durham) (Lab)]

T10. Sacriston academy, a primary school in my constituency, has ceilings held up by scaffolding joists. The classrooms, built in 1910, are unusable due to water penetration through the ceilings and walls. Can the Minister say when the funding might be available to repair the school, after 14 years of Tory neglect?