Nursery World - SEN law delights pressure groups

Leading disability charities and education orgainsations have welcomed a law giving disabled children new rights in school. Under the Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability Bill, which received Royal Assent earlier this month, disabled children across England, Scotland and Wales will be protected against discrimination in education and have more of an opportunity to learn on mainstream schools.

Under the Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Disability Bill, which received Royal Assent earlier this month, disabled children across England, Scotland and Wales will be protected against discrimination in education and have more of an opportunity to learn on mainstream schools.

Tha Act places a new duty on schools and local education authorities to plan strategically to increase access for disabled children and requires LEAs to ensure parents are provided with advice, information and a means of resolving disputes with schools and LEAs.

It also requires LEAs to comply, within prescribed periods, with orders of teh Special Education Needs Tribunal (SENT), and makes other technical changes in support of teh SENT appeals and statementing process. Schools must also inform parents about where they are making special educational needs provision for a child.

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