SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENT TO STATEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

Part 2 APPEALS AGAINST AMENDMENTS TO STATEMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

I118

Section 326 of the 1996 Act is amended as follows.

I219

For subsection (1) substitute—

1

The parent of a child for whom a local education authority maintain a statement under section 324 may appeal to the Tribunal—

a

when the statement is first made,

b

if an amendment is made to the statement, or

c

if, after conducting an assessment under section 323, the local education authority determine not to amend the statement.

1A

An appeal under this section may be against any of the following—

a

the description in the statement of the local education authority’s assessment of the child’s special educational needs,

b

the special educational provision specified in the statement (including the name of a school so specified),

c

if no school is specified in the statement, that fact.

I320

In subsection (2), for “paragraph 10” substitute “ paragraph 2A ”.