Some of these may sound familiar. Take a look at common issues and questions we get asked.
You may come across the term ‘Judicial review’ (JR), as it relates to challenging decisions made by the Local Authority. This term refers to asking a court to decide whether the decision of a Local Authority (public body) has been made...
Academy - a state funded school in England, directly funded by the Department of Education. Academies are self governing and independent of control from the local authority. Annual review - the review of an EHCP which the local authority has a...
On 29 March 2022, the Government launched a long-anticipated SEND Green Paper, recommending a national improved SEND system for children and young people with SEND. Entitled SEND Review: Right support, right place, right time, it proposes new national standards for SEND...
A child or young person's entitlements is a complex landscape and we've come across a few myths that we hear regularly that we wanted to dispel. Parents have to sign the draft EHCP to say they agree with it Parents have to...
If you are in England, appealing the decision of the LA in relation to a child or young person’s EHC needs assessments and EHCPs, this will be heard by Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal - SENDIST. It will also hear...
You received a final EHCP for your child, the provision is sufficiently specified and detailed, and you breathed a sigh of relief. Now you find that the provision specified in Section F of the EHCP isn’t being put in place at...
Special Educational Needs (SEN) has a language of its own. Anyone involved in this field soon discovers that there are many new words, acronyms and labels for things that don't exist outside of the SEN conversation. As a parent or carer...
Relevant legislation: Sections 508A, 508B, and Schedule 35B of the Education Act 1996. The obligations of the LA regarding transport are different depending on the age of the child/young person. Here's a summary: Children of compulsory school age LAs have a legal duty to provide...
There are some worrying statistics about children and young people with SEN and exclusions. Children and young people with SEND are far more likely to be excluded from school than their peers. Pupils with SEN and EHCPs are 2.5 times more likely...
