PART 2ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS

CHAPTER 2INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Information about plans

22Provision of information about individual development plans

1

If a governing body or a local authority prepares an individual development plan for a child or young person, it must give a copy of the plan—

a

to the child or young person, and

b

if the plan is for a child, to the child’s parent.

2

If a governing body or a local authority becomes responsible for maintaining an individual development plan that was previously being maintained for a child or young person by another body, the governing body or local authority must—

a

inform the child or young person that it has become responsible for maintaining the plan, and

b

if the plan is for a child, inform the child’s parent.

3

If a local authority prepares an individual development plan for a looked after child or becomes responsible for maintaining an individual development plan for a looked after child that was previously being maintained for the child by another body, it must also give a copy of the plan to the child’s independent reviewing officer.