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SEND: questions to ask

Get to grips with what questions to ask your school leaders about your school's provision for pupils with SEND and what to look out for in their answers. Download our questions to take with you to your meetings.

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on 21 October 2026
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Contents
  1. Questions to ask
  2. Downloadable version
  3. Next steps

Thanks to our associate education expert Kate Browning who helped us to create these questions and answers.

Questions to ask

You don't need to ask all these questions in 1 go. The questions cover several broad topics, so choose the ones that are the most relevant to the focus of your meetings.

Remember – you don't need to know which pupils receive additional SEND support to fulfil your monitoring role.

Questions about statutory duties

SEN information report Your school should update its SEN information report annually and must publish it on the school website (any changes during the school year should updated as soon as possible). This is set out in the SEND Code of Practice (section 6.79). Ask leaders: Is our SEN information report published on the school website? Does it contain all the

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