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August 25, 2023

What is SEND?

SEND is an acronym for Special Educational Needs and/or Disability/ies. Children and young people learn at different speeds and in different ways. Often children or ...

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August 19, 2023

How the law describes SEND

The Children and Families Act 2014 explains that a child or young person aged from 0 to 25 years old is said to have special educational ...

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August 26, 2023

Types of SEND (Department of Education (DfE) Categories)

The SEND Code of Practice categorises SEND into 4 areas of need: Cognition and Learning SpLD – Specific learning Difficulty – difficulty that affect one or more specific aspects of learning. ...

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Section 23 – Duty of health bodies to bring certain children to local authority’s attention

September 14, 2023

Section 23 – Duty of health bodies to bring certain children to local authority’s attention

What is a Section 23 notification? Health professionals have a duty to tell the local authority if they believe a child under school age has, ...

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