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Can I find the latest updates to the Noddy No-nonsense Guide to SEN law?
Noddy 'no-nonsense' Guide
Authors: David Wolfe QC, Leon Glenister
06 Nov 2022
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- 24 Mar 2024
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Revisions to the Noddy No-nonsense Guide to SEN law
March 2024New Questions & Answers
- 02.19 Does the LA need to take extra steps to pay “due regard” under the PSED when delivering SEP in an EHCP?
- 04.036 Does the LA have a deadline by which to amend a plan where a CYP is transferring between phases of education?
- 04.037 Can a parent request a reassessment of the CYP?
- 06.04 Are there time limits in respect of the preparation of an EHCP?
- 09.34 Should a placement be named in Section I where there is a slow transition to that placement?
- 09.355 Can a parent or young person express a preference for a school outside their own LA’s area?
New case law
- R (Imam) v Croydon [2023] UKSC 45
- R (AI) v LB Wandsworth [2023] EWHC 2088 (Admin)
- R (W) v Hertfordshire CC [2023] EWHC 3138 (Admin)
- AA & BB v Bristol City Council [2023] UKUT 52 (AAC)
- Westminster CC v FTT [2023] UKUT 177 (AAC)
- LC and RC v Hampshire CC [2023] UKUT 281 (AAC)
Additional references
Useful information is available in our partner publication: Disability Law in Education No-nonsense Guide
Noddy 'no-nonsense' Guide
Authors: David Wolfe QC, Leon Glenister - 29 Mar 2023
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Revisions to the Noddy No-nonsense Guide to SEN law
March 2023Fully revised and expanded section
09 EHCP section I: Where parents seek non-school placement such as EOTAS- 09.330 Can the LA provide SEP outside of a school or educational institution?
- 09.331 Does the LA have to engage with the parents or young person before providing EOTAS?
- 09.332 Can only some SEP in Section F be made otherwise than in a school or educational institution?
- 09.333 In order to determine whether it would be inappropriate, do you just ask whether the provision “can” be made in a school or education institution?
- 09.334 Is it enough to show it is inappropriate for SEP to be made in the LA’s preferred school or educational institution?
- 09.335 Should there be reference to EOTAS in Section F?
- 09.336 Should there be reference to EOTAS in Section I?
- 09.337 Can parents agree to provide some EOTAS?
- 09.338 Is elective home education the same as EOTAS under CFA2014 s61?
- 09.339 Is the LA’s duty to provide suitable education under EA 1996 s19 the same as EOTAS under CFA 2014 s61?
New Questions & Answers
12 Tribunal procedure
Revised Answers
07 EHCP section B (special educational needs)
08 EHCP section F
12 Tribunal procedure
Question & Answer same, but relocated
Noddy 'no-nonsense' Guide
Authors: David Wolfe QC, Leon Glenister - 06 Nov 2022
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Revisions to the Noddy No-nonsense Guide to SEN law
November 2022New Questions
- 02.15 Are there rules for determining which LA is responsible for a CYP’s special educational provision?
- 02.16 If a CYP moves into another LA area, does the EHC Plan transfer to the new LA?
- 02.17 If an LA is responsible for maintaining and securing provision in an EHC Plan, are they automatically responsible for funding the provision?
- 02.18 Can the FTT determine a dispute between LAs on responsibility for an EHC Plan, or funding provision in an EHC Plan?
- 04.035 Does the LA have to review an EHCP?
- 08.155 Does section F have to be more specific if the child is receiving education otherwise than at school?
- 08.26 Does the FTT have to consider what a placement must provide by way of ‘reasonable adjustments’ when considering SEP?
- 09.085 Should the FTT consider the impact of transition on a CYP when determining placement?
- 09.135 Are the resources taken into account in s39(4) only those of the LA?
- 12.34 Can you argue before the UT a point which was not in issue before the FTT?
- 12.35 Are UT authorities binding on the FTT and UT?
Amended Questions- 08.02 Is there a rule specifying what counts as SEP?
- 08.06 Can health or social care provision also be educational provision?
- 08.15 Does section F have to specify things like how much provision a child or young person requires, and how often?
- 08.21 Can an EHCP leave matters in section F by a future assessment?
- 09.13 Can the LA/FTT refuse to name a requested s38(3) placement simply because it costs a bit more? (see also new question 09.135)
- 09.23 When deciding if extra cost is reasonable under EA1996 section 9, does the LA/FTT only look at educational benefits of the parental placement?
- 09.24 Can an LA/FTT approach EA1996 s9 on the basis that any extra cost for a parental placement is “unreasonable”?
- 10.02 Can an LA just cease to maintain (i.e. terminate) an EHCP?
- 12.30 Are there particular rules about reviews/appeals?
- 12.32 Is a UT appeal just a re-run of the FTT?
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