Contents
- What if you are worried that your child is having difficulties?
- What are Special Educational Needs (SEN)?
- Assessments and Statements
- Making a Statutory Assessment of your child's needs
- The Statement of Special Educational Needs
- How long does a Statement last
- What does Delegated Funding mean for your child?
- The Annual Review of your child's Statement of Special Educational Needs
- Changes to your child's Statement of Special Educational Needs
- Preparing for choices after 16
- Transport for children with Special Educational Need
- Parent Partnership Service
- Resolving disputes and your right to appeal
- Solihull Special Schools and Additionally Resourced Centres (ARCs)
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
What does Delegated Funding mean for your child?
Information about Special Educational Needs
In April 2006, in response to Government guidance, Solihull Local Authority began the process of delegating funding to schools for children with Statements of Special Educational Needs. Previously a Statement of SEN specified a number of hours that a Learning Support Assistant would be employed to work with the child.
For children attending secondary schools delegated funding is in the form of a 0lump sum' added to the school's budget using a specific funding formula. This delegated funding is to meet the needs of all Statemented pupils currently on roll and there will no longer be any reference to a number of hours that a Learning Support Assistant will be employed to work with your child.
This is what you will now see written into Part 3 of the Statement:
The school will make arrangements through their delegated budget to ensure that appropriate staffing, training and resources are deployed to secure provision as specified in Part 3 of the Statement.
For children attending primary schools, all new Statements will now identify a number of funding units instead of hours. These units will equate to an amount of money that will be given directly to the school and the school must use this money flexibly to meet the needs of the child.
This is what you will now see written into Part 3 of the Statement:
Under Solihull's scheme for the delegation of funding for Statemented pupils, the LA will allocate a sum of money equivalent to (x) units. This is in addition to the resources ordinarily available to the school for children with special educational needs.
The school will make arrangements through their delegated budget to ensure that appropriate staffing, training and resources are deployed to secure provision as specified in Part 3 of the Statement.
If you receive an Amended Statement for your child, you will notice a change in the wording in Part 3 of the Statement. 0Resources' in Part 3 will have been amended to reflect the equivalent amount of funding units instead of hours.