We get enquiries about personal budgets time and time again. Whilst the right for parents and young people (YP) to request a personal budget has been in force now for over a year, it is apparent that very few people who want one have actually managed to...
There is still quite a lot of confusion about how therapeutic provision should be provided to a child or young person who has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) . Yesterday, 6 January 2016, we received a letter from a local authority which...
The DfE has released an updated report on the destinations of pupils leaving Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. The data can be found here . These figures relate to the academic year 2013/2014. As such, they are an assessment of the outcomes for children...
I was fortunate to be shown around a very special school last week, Ingfield Manor School, and its school for parents, The Dame Vera Lynn Trust School for Parents, in Billingshurst, West Sussex. Ingfield Manor is a non-maintained special school run by the...
We wrote recently about Devon County Council making use of a “ My Plan” as a form of support for children with special educational needs (SEN). In summary, we expressed a view that the “M y Plan” could be a...
The Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) can only come to an end when either or both of the following apply: It is no longer necessary. The local authority is no longer responsible for your child or young person (CYP). ...
The purpose of the annual review process is to consider the special educational needs (SEN) support that has been in place for the last 12 months and to determine whether any adjustments to an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) are necessary. ...
We have been contacted by a number of parents who are unhappy with the school named in their child’s Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). As the ‘old’ regime of Statement of Special Educational Needs (SSEN) is replaced with EHCPs this...
A new case, Essex County Council v TB , provides further clarification about what the Tribunal will look at when you are seeking an independent school in your child’s Statement or EHCP. The starting point is the law of s9 Education...
