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SEND: Guide for parents and carers
The Parents’ Guide to the Special Educational Needs and disability (SEND) reforms is available to download from the GOV.UK website. This guide explains how the system that supports children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities works. It covers: the law and statutory…
Service children and young people, statutory assessments of Education Health and Care (EHC) needs
When a Service child or young person, 0-25 years old, requires a statutory assessment of their Education Health and Care (EHC) needs, the local authority must seek advice from the Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS). CEAS is part of the Ministry…
Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0-25 years
The SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) code of practice: 0-25 years is now available to download from the GOV.UK website. This statutory code is for: headteachers and principals governing bodies school and college staff SEN coordinators early education providers health and social services staff local…
KIDS
KIDS is a national charity working with disabled children, young people and their families across England. KIDS offer many services which include: Direct work with disabled children and direct work with disabled young people, including specialist youth groups and a…
Home Education in Wandsworth
Elective Home Education The 1996 Education Act states that it is the duty of parents to secure an appropriate full-time education for their children. Most parents carry out this duty by ensuring that their child attends a school. A small minority of parents decide to…
Wandsworth Information, Advice and Support Service (WIASS)
Call back service Telephone: 020 8871 8065 (24 hour confidential answer machine) Email: wiass@wandsworth.gov.uk WIASS provide confidential, impartial, information, advice and support to parents of children and young people (aged 0-25) on special educational needs and/or disability (SEND). WIASS is part of…
Greenmead Outreach Service
Greenmead is a specialist primary school supporting pupils with learning difficulties. Many of our pupils have additional complex medical, physical and communication difficulties. We have a range of experienced and specialist staff who can offer outreach support to colleagues in mainstream primary and nursery settings…
Global Mediation
Special Educational Needs and Disability Mediation and disagreement resolution meetings aim to resolve your disagreements in a quick, informal way using a neutral third party, a mediator, to help you reach a resolution that is mutually satisfactory. Mediation aims to help resolve disagreements for…
Special Needs Assessment Service (SNAS)
SNAS is responsible for children and young people who are requesting a statutory assessment of special educational need (SEN), or are currently under assessment based on their SEN. Following assessment, SNAS may issue an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). How is SNAS organised? …
SENDIST/Tribunal
Once a request for an Education Health and Care plan (EHC plan), has been made, the local authority must make a decision and communicate that decision to the child’s parent/carer or the young person within six weeks of receiving the request. If the local…