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Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - support your child can get at school and how to apply for an education, health and care (EHC) plan
Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can affect a child or…
Your child will get SEN support at their school or college. Your child may…
An education, health and care (EHC) plan is for children and young people…
Your child will move to an education, health and care (EHC) plan. This…
Statistics on pupils with SEN, including information on educational attainment, destinations, absence, exclusions, and characteristics.
The mandatory course for special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCOs) to learn how to effectively perform the SENCO role.
We’re responsible for handling appeals against local authority decisions regarding special educational needs, including a refusal to: assess a child or young person’s educational, health and care (EHC) needs reassess their EHC needs issue an EHC plan change what’s in...
How local authorities should report data for the annual special educational needs survey, commonly known as SEN2.
Use this form to appeal a local authority’s decision not to secure an EHC needs assessment of a child or young person. This form can be used by parents or those with parental responsibility, or by a young person aged...
Use this form to appeal a local authority’s decision about a child or young person. Can be used by parents, those with parental responsibility, or by a young person aged 16 to 24.
Information from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and SEN provision in schools.
Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal forms including the education, health and care (EHC) plan form to appeal against a decision.
How health and wellbeing boards can support children with special educational needs and disabilities to get joined up care from local services.
A guide on the support system for children and young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).
If your child cannot walk to school because of their special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) your local council must provide transport
Statistics on pupils with special educational needs including attainment, destinations, tribunal appeals, school absence and exclusions.
Analysis and links to data sources on children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or a disability in England.
This release brings together information available on special educational needs (SEN), along with related information about special schools.
Information from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and SEN provision in schools
Guidance on the special educational needs and disability (SEND) system for children and young people aged 0 to 25, from 1 September 2014.
Information from the school census on pupils with special educational needs (SEN), and SEN provision in schools.
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