FAQ’s

Only parents, not schools, can appeal the local authority’s decision of refusing to assess their child’s special educational needs. Parents must contact one of the 3 mediation companies to ‘consider’ whether to attend mediation or go straight to appeal.

An Education, Health, and Care (EHC) plan is a legal document that outlines the special educational needs of a child or young person up to the age of 25, the support they require, and the goals they aim to achieve.

You can request an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment if you or your child has, or may have, special educational needs (SEN). It’s important to note that there must be an educational aspect involved; it cannot be solely about health or social care needs. According to the law, a child is considered to have SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability that requires special educational provision. For more information, please refer to our resources on SEN Support in Schools. 

Warwickshire SENDIAS provides 1:1 support and advice to all post 16 young people who contact the service independently.

Signpost to Warwickshire’s Local Offer and Family Information Services for a wide range of public, private and voluntary services and organisations.

Approved independent schools and special post 16 institutions under section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014 in England and Wales.

A delay in learning and development in the early years may or may not indicate that
a child has SEN, that is, that they have a learning difficulty or disability that calls for
special educational provision. Equally, difficult or withdrawn behaviour does not
necessarily mean that a child has SEN. However, where there are concerns, there
should be an assessment to determine whether there are any causal factors such as
an underlying learning or communication difficulty.

SEND support includes any help for children and young people with SEN that is additional to or different from the support generally made for other children of the same age. 

For children and young people with SEND, you can find out further how to apply for home to school transport https://eu-west-email-isolation.prod.fire.glass/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.warwickshire.gov.uk%2Fsendtransport%3Fgeneral_portal_token%3De161d471f66827944f4e2ef3c2672e0c8372417226b84e2b5e73f82995eabdda

A Local Offer provides children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as well as their families, with information about the support services that the local authority believes will be available in their area. Each local authority is responsible for creating a Local Offer and ensuring that it is accessible to everyone.

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You can request an Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment if you or your child has, or may have, special educational needs (SEN). It’s important to note that there must be an educational aspect involved; it cannot be solely about health or social care needs. According to the law, a child is considered to have SEN if they have a learning difficulty or disability that requires special educational provision. For more information, please refer to our resources on SEN Support in Schools. 

You can find the information here
SENDIAS has a helpful resource of what to ask and consider when visiting a school/college: Advice when visiting a School incl Checklist.pdf

You can go to SearchOut Warwickshire by clicking on the link here https://searchout.warwickshire.gov.uk/

A Local Offer provides children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as well as their families, with information about the support services that the local authority believes will be available in their area. Each local authority is responsible for creating a Local Offer and ensuring that it is accessible to everyone.

Approved independent schools and special post 16 institutions under section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014 in England and Wales.

Only parents, not schools, can appeal the local authority’s decision of refusing to assess their child’s special educational needs. Parents must contact one of the 3 mediation companies to ‘consider’ whether to attend mediation or go straight to appeal.

A Local Offer provides children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), as well as their families, with information about the support services that the local authority believes will be available in their area. Each local authority is responsible for creating a Local Offer and ensuring that it is accessible to everyone.