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Written questions by Dean.

Every parliamentary written question tabled by Josh Dean this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.

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3 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
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What steps she is taking to ensure that the new initial teacher training and early career framework includes content related to (a) identifying children’s social and emotional developmental needs and (b) suppor

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The Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and Early Career Framework covers the first three years or more of a teacher’s career. It sets out a minimum entitlement to training for all new teachers and, following a review, now contains significantly more content r...

3 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
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What steps her Department is taking to encourage and incentivise mainstream schools to use data-driven assessment tools to identify children’s hidden social, emotional, and mental health needs before they escal

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The department is supporting mainstream schools to take a more evidence‑based approach to early identification of need, including social, emotional and mental health needs.We are developing National Inclusion Standards, backed by up to £15 million, which ...

3 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
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Whether Ofsted or another regulatory body will be mandated to track the destination outcomes of children placed in school inclusion bases.

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Inclusion bases will have specialisms, providing tailored and expert teaching and support for specific groups of children. We know there are lots of great examples of mainstream schools delivering specialist provision through inclusion bases, enabling chi...

3 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
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Whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the proposed school inclusion bases are designed as integrated, short-term bridges back to mainstream education rather than pathways toward permanent exclusion.

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Inclusion bases will have specialisms, providing tailored and expert teaching and support for specific groups of children. We know there are lots of great examples of mainstream schools delivering specialist provision through inclusion bases, enabling chi...

8 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
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What financial support is available for school-owned leisure centres that have had departmental funding removed following changes to the Educational and Skills Funding Agency.

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In previous years, some local authorities have applied to the department to request approval to allocate additional funding for schools with leisure facilities, as ’exceptional circumstances’ funding, within their local funding formulae. The department is...

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