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<p>The Department is committed to both equipping and incentivising all schools – including
special schools - to improve the education of children and young people with special
educational needs and disabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s current school inspection
handbook (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725837/School_inspection_handbook_section_5-170718-v2.pdf"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/725837/School_inspection_handbook_section_5-170718-v2.pdf</a>),
already provides for all school inspections, including special school inspections,
to take account of the views of parents, staff and pupils using Ofsted’s Parent View
system (<a href="https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/</a>)
and online questionnaires.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is aware that some children
will have periods of unavoidable absence due to ill health. If Ofsted inspectors have
concerns about attendance, they will raise them directly with school leaders giving
an opportunity for any additional information to be provided, including circumstances
of pupils with good reason to be absent from school.</p>
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