Support for special educational needs and disability (SEND)

SEND code of practice, P scales for attainment targets, internships, guidance and support for parents and carers.

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Services

• Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

  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

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Guidance and regulation

• SEND code of practice: 0 to 25 years
  • Statutory guidance
  • 12 September 2024
  • Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care
• Mental health and behaviour in schools
  • Guidance
  • 12 November 2018
  • Department for Education
• SEND: guide for parents and carers
  • Guidance
  • 26 March 2015
  • Department for Education
• SEND: guide for schools and alternative provision settings
  • Guidance
  • 1 September 2014
  • Department for Education
• SEND support: easy-read guide for parents
  • Guidance
  • 17 December 2014
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Improvement notice issued to Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council: May 2024
  • 7 May 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Decision
• Improvement notice issued to Halton Borough Council: March 2024
  • 21 March 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Decision
• Support strengthened for children with SEND
  • 19 January 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• Improvement notice issued to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council: November 2023
  • 10 November 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Decision
• Thousands of families to benefit from local support in rollout of Family Hubs
  • 9 February 2023
  • Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Educational psychology services: workforce insights and impact
  • 29 June 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Research
• Educational experiences of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities in England: February to May 2022
  • 7 November 2022
  • Office for National Statistics
  • Official statistics
• SEND: old issues, new issues, next steps
  • 16 June 2021
  • Ofsted
  • Research
• The use of assistive technologies for assessment
  • 10 June 2021
  • Ofqual
  • Research
• Assistive technology (AT) stakeholder reports
  • 24 November 2020
  • Department for Education
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Strengthening protections in unregistered alternative provision
  • 9 May 2024
  • Department for Education
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 05 July 2024
• SEND review: right support, right place, right time
  • 2 March 2023
  • Department for Education and Department of Health and Social Care
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 22 July 2022
• Children and young people’s consultation: Changing the way we look into services for children and young people with SEND
  • 29 November 2022
  • Ofsted and Care Quality Commission
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 September 2022
• A new approach to area SEND inspections
  • 29 November 2022
  • Ofsted and Care Quality Commission
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 September 2022
• Residential special schools and colleges: a call for evidence
  • 6 November 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Call for evidence outcome

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Memorandum of understanding between Ofsted and CQC
  • 28 May 2019
  • Ofsted
  • Corporate report
• Statements of SEN transferring to EHC plans: 31 March 2018
  • 10 May 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Statements of SEN transferring to EHC plans: 1 March 2018
  • 29 March 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• SENDD: information and accountability
  • 13 September 2011
  • Department for Education
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Department for Work & Pensions

• Ofsted
• Ofqual