Early years staff need to be familiar with the new SEN Code of Practice that will include pre-school children for the first time from this September, says Collette Drifte
The Special Educational Needs Code of Practice, which has been in schools for some time, has been revised by the Department of Education and Employment. It will now include pre-school children. At the time of writing there is only a consultative document, but the final version, due to be published some time in the summer when the SEN and Disability Bill has wended its way through Parliament, is unlikely to be very different. The new Code will have to be implemented from September this year, but because of the short timescale, it is unlikely that pressure will be put on providers if it is not fully operational in their setting.
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