Catherine McKinnell

61402 • Schools: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking through (a) teacher training, (b) early screening and (c) other methods to ensure (i) early identification and (ii) effective support for pupils with dyslexia in schools.

62101 • Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce educational inequalities in (a) the South East and (b) nationally.

62433 • Neurodiversity: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing mandatory screening for (a) dyslexia and (b) other forms of neurodivergence in primary schools on (i) early identification and (ii) support.

62434 • Special Educational Needs: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve training for teachers (a) in the early identification of dyslexia and (b) to ensure minimum standards of SEND support are in place across all primary schools.

62676 • Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking help to ensure that teachers are trained to (a) identify and (b) support children with dyslexia; and if she will take steps to introduce universal dyslexia screening checks for children within their first two years of school.

63022 • Assessments: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve exam results for children with dyslexia.

63024 • Pupils: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to children with dyslexia.

64182 • Children: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) help children with dyslexia and (b) improve the availability of early screening.

64293 • Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the gap between the lowest and highest achievers in GCSE maths performance.

64294 • Mathematics: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the UK’s PISA mathematics performance.

64295 • Mathematics: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current maths curriculum in the context of increasing demand for data skills.

64171 • Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support the recruitment of teachers in (a) Eastbourne constituency and (b) East Sussex.

66071 • Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for encouraging children with SEND into mainstream schools.

67535 • Schools: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state schools took part in the Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools programme in the most recent financial year by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.

67536 • Schools: Speech And Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which state schools are taking part in the Early Language Support for Every Child Programme by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.

68026 • Special Educational Needs: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Shropshire Council has the resources to provide timely access to education, health and care plans.

68084 • Special Educational Needs: Business and Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) businesses and (b) charities that provide activities for children with SEND.

68740 • Educational Institutions: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to improve the safety of students with serious allergies in English educational institutions.

69072 • Special Educational Needs: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of disallowing mainstream school students from being given EHCPs on (a) autistic children in mainstream schools and (b) their families.

69018 • Special Educational Needs: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 65744 on Special Educational Needs: Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder, if her Department will take steps to include the number of children with foetal valproate spectrum disorder in future statistic reports.