Guidance and regulation

Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 15 December 2023

A guide for early years settings on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 5 September 2014

A guide on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 26 March 2015

Guide to the regulations on providing supported accommodation for children and young people. It includes the quality standards that all supported accommodation providers must meet.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 23 March 2023

Summary of the main changes and provisions of the act and how they may affect children and families.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 30 September 2014

How to help different groups respond to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision (AP) consultation.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 27 May 2022

Information for local authorities on how to provide short break care (otherwise known as respite care) to disabled children.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 24 March 2011

Statutory guidance about providing short breaks for disabled children to improve their welfare and quality of life.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 April 2010

Guidance for local authorities, health commissioners, parents and young people on the trial to extend powers of the SEND tribunal.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 1 September 2021

Information on the 14 local authorities who have been selected as trailblazers for the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 9 February 2023

Guidance for health professionals on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 11 March 2016

Guidance to support local authorities in England to develop and promote their local Start for Life offers.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 9 February 2023

National minimum standards of care for providers of holiday schemes for disabled children (HSDC).

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 1 August 2013

A guide for local authorities about education, health and care (EHC) plans for 19- to 25-year-olds with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 21 February 2017

This implementation guidance supports local authorities to include the voices of families as they design, deliver and improve their Start for Life offer.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 13 February 2023

Funding for carrying out special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 25 January 2018

Statutory guidance for professionals supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in residential settings.

• From: Department for Education and 1 others
• Updated: 6 November 2017

Guide for young people on how to resolve special education needs and disability (SEND) disagreements.

• From: Department for Education
• Updated: 22 August 2018