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Petition · past parliament

Make Special Educational Needs training mandatory for all teachers

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

While pupils who attended SEN schools or mainstream schools with SEN trained teaching staff are given the support they need to academically progress, SEN pupils who attend mainstream schools with no/little SEN trained teaching staff are left behind their fellow students.
Audit Commission (2002)) Special Educational Needs A Mainstream Issue: A report into mainstream practice in relation to SEN

One in Five children have been identified by their places of learning as having SEN.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

For every new teacher to learn about Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Timeline

7 Aug 2016 Petition opened for signatures
9 Aug 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Aug 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.