PART 2ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS

CHAPTER 3SUPPLEMENTARY FUNCTIONS

Additional learning needs co-ordinating officers

I1I260Additional learning needs co-ordinator

1

The duty in subsection (2) applies to—

a

the governing body of a school in Wales that is—

i

a community, foundation or voluntary school,

ii

a maintained nursery school, or

iii

a pupil referral unit;

b

the governing body of an institution in the further education sector in Wales.

2

The governing body must designate a person, or more than one person, to have responsibility for co-ordinating additional learning provision for pupils or students (as the case may be) with additional learning needs.

3

A person designated under this section is to be known as an “additional learning needs co-ordinator”.

4

Regulations may—

a

require governing bodies to ensure that additional learning needs co-ordinators have prescribed qualifications or prescribed experience (or both);

b

confer functions on additional learning needs co-ordinators in relation to provision for pupils or students (as the case may be) with additional learning needs.

5

In subsections (2) and (4)(b), “students” means students enrolled at the institution in the further education sector.