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07.21 Can a requirement for parent/teacher meetings be ALP for the CYP?
Nodi No-nonsense Guide Wales
Authors: Civitas Law education team
01 Nov 2024
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Potentially, although the instances where this would be ALP are likely to be rare.
The English case of HN v South Tyneside Council (SEN) [2019] UKUT 380 (AAC) considered that regular liaison between the child’s parents and class teacher could be SEP where child’s SEN requires it: for example, in the form of daily discussions about strategies the parents could put in place at home or on the journey to school.” But it was stressed that it was “likely to be rare if not very rare” for this to be SEP.
When considering this issue, it is worth bearing in mind the extent to which regular liaison between home and school forms part of what already takes place in schools in Wales as well as the statutory mechanisms for review of ALN. Significantly also, while it is usually assumed that parents will want to help do what is best for their children, nothing in an IDP should require them to make ALP for their child unless the parent has elected to home educate their child: that is the responsibility of the LA/maintained school or FEI maintaining the IDP.
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