Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2018 to Question 143877, when last his Department reviewed the adequacy of the current approach to pupils with hyperactivity.

The Department for Education has not undertaken a review of the current approach to pupils with hyperactivity.

The 0-25 Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Code of Practice provides statutory guidance and is applicable across the range of SEND. Where pupils with hyperactivity experience learning difficulties that call for additional or different educational provision to that required by other children, the Code of Practice will apply.

Schools are required to identify and address the SEND of the pupils they support and to use their best endeavours to make sure that a child or young person who has SEND gets the support they need. In inspecting a school, Ofsted must consider how well the school meets the needs of the range of pupils at the school, including specifically those with SEND.