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• 14 Feb 2022

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  Yes. In HN v South Tyneside Council (SEN) [2019] UKUT 380 (AAC) #28, 31, in considering whether parent/teacher meetings were educational the FTT was required to ask “what is it in the fact to face contact or telephone contact in contemplation that provides something of educational worth to the child?”. It considered that “meetings between parent and teacher might, in some circumstances, amount to SEP. That could be so if the child’s difficulties, arising from their disabilities or learning difficulties, in attending and integrating into the school or class on school days were such that they needed very close and regular liaison between the child’s parents and class teacher - for example, in the form of daily discussions about strategies the parents could put in place at home or on the journey to school - in order to enable the child to access their education”. However that was considered “likely to be rare if not very rare”. That may turn out to be an overcautious assessment given that other sorts of meetings (such as Annual Review meetings) are often specified within section F of an EHCP.

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