In February this year we wrote about cuts to local authority budgets and the consequences for children’s services. You can read the story here . With cuts to budgets from central government it is no surprise that cuts to local authority...
We previously wrote about the Department for Education (DfE) changing the timeframe for local authorities to transition children from Statement of Special Educational Needs to Education Health and Care Plan . Our previous article...
The Department for Education (DfE) have commissioned a review and report on how the ‘new’ law of Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) is being advanced by local authorities. A series of reports have been published, the most...
The Children & Families Act 2014 has now been in force since 1 September 2014. Since that time, many local authorities, schools and practitioners will have been trying to keep up with the guidance and regulations that have been issued to support the new...
The SEND Code of Practice was approved by Parliament on 29 July 2014 and comes into effect on 1 September 2014. Key changes from the ‘old’ SEN Code of Practice 2001 are: The 2014 Code of Practice covers the 0-25 age range There...
