In this final article in our series about the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal we explain what can be done if you are unhappy about a decision taken by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SEND or...
Once you have sent your appeal form to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal, a timetable for your appeal will be issued. These are called ‘Case Management Directions’. The following directions are those typically...
In this first of three articles about the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal , we look at what the Tribunal is, what it can deal with and relevant time limits. The Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal ( SEND or SENDIST )...
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...
The answer in short is, yes, an expert, or anyone else who has knowledge of the issues, can be required to attend the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal to give evidence. To request the attendance of an expert, either the...
I have recently received a Draft Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which is as vague in Section F as we have all come to expect from the ‘old’ Part 3 of a Statement of Special Educational Needs. Multiple references to...
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...
On 29 October 2014 the Court of Appeal gave a decision in what started life as a Judicial Review application. The case is R(ER) v Local Government Ombudsman and Hillingdon LB. The very clearly written judgement can be found here . Who is this...
Yesterday, 15 October, the Department for Education (DfE), along with the Office for National Statistics, published its autumn report concerning the rates of attendance at School for 2013-2014. The report makes for interesting and somewhat...
If you are the parent of a child at an academy and you want to access your child’s educational records you should first check whether the information required is already in the public domain. Unless mutually agreed otherwise, academies have to send...
