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Part 2
Special Educational Needs (learning difficulties): details of each and every one of the child's special educational needs as identified by the LEA during statutory assessment and of the advice received and attached as appendices to the statement.
Part 3
Special Educational Provision: the special educational provision that the LEA considers appropriate to meet the child's special educational needs. This explanation should cover:
- The objectives that the special educational provision should aim to meet.
- The special educational provision which the LEA considers appropriate to meet the needs set out in Part 2 in order to meet the objectives.
- The arrangements to be made for monitoring progress in meeting those objectives, particularly for setting short-term target's for the child's progress and for reviewing his or her progress on a regular basis.
Part 4
Placement: the type and name of school where the special educational provision set out in Part 3 is to be made or the LEA's arrangements for provision to be made otherwise than in school.
Example: the child needs to have regular physiotherapy
Part 6
Non - Educational Provision: details of relevant non-educational provision required to meet the non-educational needs of the child as agreed between the health services and/or social services and the LEA, including the agreed arrangements for its provision.
Example: Physiotherapy provided by Health Authority
The Statement of Educational Need is signed and dated by the named officer of the LEA.
In addition: all advice obtained and taken into consideration during the assessment process must be attached as appendices to the statement. (8.30)
This must include:
- Parental Evidence
- Educational Advice
- Medical Advice
- Educational Psychological Advice
- Social Services Advice
- Other Advice: such as views of the child - other agencies whose advice sought is thought desirable
PARENTAL REQUEST FOR A STATUTORY ASSESSMENT
Parents may ask the LEA to conduct a statutory assessment at any time. The LEA must comply with such a request, unless they have made a statutory assessment within 6 months of the date of the request or unless they conclude, upon examining all the available evidence, that a statutory assessment is not necessary.
Suggested format for letter:
Letter should be addressed to:
Additional Educational Needs Manager at your Local Education Office
You may like to include some or all of the following:
- Child's Name and Date of Birth
- Name of School (if school aged)
- 1st Paragraph: I am writing to request that the LEA carry out a Statutory Assessment on my son's/daughter's special educational needs under Section 323 in Part IV of The Education Act 1996, as is my right under Section 329.
- 2nd Paragraph: A description of your child's difficulties/past history/medical diagnosis if relevant.
- 3rd Paragraph: The current provision your child receives:
e.g. pre-schoolschool: outside agencies involved, 1:1 helper, portage, what type of support your child gets, how much, who from, how long, a copy of Individual Education Plan (if available)speech therapy, physiotherapy, health and social services.
- 4th Paragraph: include detailed reasons why you think current provision is not meeting child's needs with evidence of lack of progress.
The LEA must take all parental requests seriously and take action immediately.
It should give notice in writing to the Social Services Department, the area Health Authority and the Headteacher of the child's school that the request has been made.
It should also ask the school for written evidence about the child; the school's assessment of the child's learning difficulties and the school's account of the special educational provision that has been made.
The LEA has 6 weeks from receipt of the request to notify parents of the decision whether or not to make an assessment.
by Caroline Hensby of Thanet ADDers.
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