£45m boost for children and young people with SEND
Minister of State at the Department for Education, Robert Goodwill MP, has recently announced a “Multi-million pound package …. to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities” Relatively speaking, the cost is a small percentage of...
SEN Myth Buster!
Myth: – “Parents cannot obtain their own professional reports when requesting or advising on the contents of an Education Health and Care plan (EHCp) or when reviewing their child’s EHCp as these reports will not be independent.”
Post-16 Transport to Education and Training
The Department of Education has recently published the above statutory guidance.
What does “educate and train” mean in the context of the CFA 2014?
This was the issue which was examined by the Upper Tribunal in the case of GL v West Sussex CC (SEN) [2017] UKUT 414 (AAC) which considered this question of the meaning and proper application of the expression “educates or trains” in the context of section 21(5) of the Children and Families Act 2014(“CFA 2014”).