Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

(asked on 6th May 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will publish operational guidance for SEN schools operating during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 12th May 2020

Special schools are playing a vital role in supporting vulnerable children during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Department for Education has published a substantial body of guidance to help special schools and other settings support children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This includes in particular:

Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on vulnerable children and young people:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-vulnerable-children-and-young-people.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): SEND risk assessment guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-send-risk-assessment-guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-send-risk-assessment-guidance.

Education, health and care needs assessments and plans: guidance on temporary legislative changes relating to coronavirus (COVID-19):

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-law-on-education-health-and-care-needs-assessments-and-plans-due-to-coronavirus.

Further guidance for all schools, including special schools, can be found in our coronavirus (COVID-19) collection:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-schools-and-other-educational-settings.

We are committed to maintaining and updating all guidance as the COVID-19 outbreak develops.

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