You will all be aware that SEND remains a highly topical issue, with growing political and public attention on the pressures facing schools, families, and local authorities. As the debate around funding, provision, and accountability intensifies, it will be more important than ever for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts to ensure they have a grounded understanding of legal duties of local authorities towards children with SEND and the key statutory framework that governs this area.
Our highly experienced SEND & Education Legal Director, Qaisar Sheikh, has launched a SEND Q&A Series, focusing on our most frequently asked questions. To date, he has covered important topics around school-based SEN support, Education Health and Care needs assessments, Education Health Care Plans, SEND funding and the legal definition of special needs and provisions:
- Part 1 – https://wslaw.co.uk/blog/send-qa-series-ehc-needs-assessments/
- Part 2 – https://wslaw.co.uk/publication/send-qa-series-education-health-and-care-plans/
- Part 3 – https://wslaw.co.uk/publication/send-qa-series-send-funding-for-mainstream-schools/
- Part 4 – https://wslaw.co.uk/publication/send-qa-series-needs-and-provisions-within-ehcps/
- Part 5 – https://wslaw.co.uk/blog/send-qa-series-naming-a-school-or-placement-in-an-ehcp/
Please feel free to share these notes with your SENCOs and with other staff in school with responsibility for dealing with SEND.
To speak with Qaisar or one of other expert solicitors about SEND or if you have training needs in this area, please do not hesitate to contact us on schoolsupport@wslaw.co.uk or by telephone on 0345 070 7437.