Under Part 3 of the act, all
existing statements of special educational needs for children in schools and learning difficulty assessments for young people in education and training have been replaced with a combined Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan).
Prior to the Children and Families Act, pupils were listed in three tiers: «school action», where their school supported them, «school action plus», where a local authority also supported them, and a
full statement of special educational needs.
Guidance on the transition
from statements of special educational need and learning difficulties assessments to education, health and care plans is set out in «SEND: managing changes to legislation from September 2014».
The proportion of pupils
with statements of special educational needs or EHCPs attending special schools has increased steadily over the past seven years, from just over 40 per cent in 2010 to almost 50 per cent in 2017.
If your child needs additional help at school, a statutory assessment may be necessary to get
a statement of special educational needs.
• Pupils with
a statement of special educational needs has decreased from 3 per cent to 2.7 per cent since 2003.
At the moment, most of these children and young people have
a statement of special educational needs and in the future they will have an education, health and care (EHC) plan, which may be supported by a personal budget.
All statements of special educational needs will be converted to become education and health care plans.
Mike Charles said it was unclear whether a planned replacement for
statements of special educational needs would still be enforceable by law.
The guidance reminds headteachers they should «as far as possible» avoid permanently excluding any pupil with an Education Health and Care Plan, which is
a statement of special educational need.
Government statistics released on Thursday break the totals down into children with
a statement of special educational needs and those without and by various types of special need.
In order for the centre to award extra time, 25 % extra in the cases cited in our story, it must assess the needs of candidates based on their education, health and care plans or
statements of special educational need.
Pupils attending the 163 state - funded grammar schools in England are far less likely to have
a statement of special educational needs (0.3 per cent compared with four per cent at other maintained schools) or English as an additional language, and more likely to live in affluent areas and be older in their year group.
My child still has
a statement of special educational needs.
The Local Authority must send with its case statement, a copy of its final decision letter, and if there is one, a copy of
the statement of special educational needs and latest review.
Statistics and analysis on
statements of special educational needs (SEN) and education, health and care (EHC) plans in England.
The following main points from the analysis relate to pupils with
a statement of special educational needs or at school action plus in state - funded primary, state - funded secondary and special schools:
If your child has
a statement of special educational needs, they'll have a «transition plan» drawn up in Year 9.
If you live in Wales a statutory assessment is the first step to getting
a statement of special educational needs.
Looked after children are nine times more likely to have
a statement of special educational needs than the general pupil population.
The PEP is a record of what needs to happen for looked after children to enable them to fulfil their potential and reflects any existing education plans, such as
a statement of special educational needs, Individual Education Plan (IEP) or Provision Mapping.
ensuring a relevant representative as specified in the PEP and placement plan (could be a foster carer) attends parents» evenings and other relevant meetings, such as the annual review of
a statement of special educational needs.
Over half the children in the care system will not have an education, health and care plan (previously known as
a statement of special educational needs).