Welcome to SEN BITEZIZE. These are our short-video guides about the SEN system for parents and carers.
SEN BItesize has been produced to provide an overview of key aspects of the SEN system for parents and carers. We hope they will provide you with an understanding of your legal rights and the processes that local authorities and educational settings should follow.
Our guides do not constitute legal advice and are for information purposes only. If you should require specific advice on an individual matter, please contact us directly for further support and advice.
In this episode of SEN Bitesize we look at how educational settings are requires to identify, support and monitor children with SEN. The episode outlines what steps the educational setting should be following before seeking to request an EHC Needs Assessment from the Local Authority.
In this episode of SEN Bitesize we look at the EHC Needs Assessment process covering how to make a request and what happens when an assessment is undertaken by a local authority.
In this episode of SEN Bitesize we look at what happens when a local authority decides to issue an Education, Health and Care Plan. This video explains what an EHC Plan looks like and how it should be put together using all of the advices from the EHC Needs Assessment.
In this episode of SEN Bitesize we look at your rights to express preferences for educational settings which attract a “statutory preference”. We explore how the local authority must respond to your preference and what you can do if they refused to name your preferred educational setting.
In this episode of SEN Bitesize we look at your rights to express preferences for educational settings which do not attract a “statutory preference”. This would cover non-approved independent schools and non-approved independent special schools.
