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)
Preparing for choices after 16
Information about Special Educational Needs
If you are a pupil with a Statement of Special Educational Needs, the Annual Review in Year 9 is particularly important in preparing for the move to further education and adult life. This Review should involve all those people and organisations who will play a major role when you leave school. This will include the Connexions Service.
This review will not only consider your targets and Statement, but also discuss a Transition Plan(large pdf download) for your move to adult life. It is likely that a Connexions Personal Adviser will work with you to write a personal action plan for discussion at the Review meeting. The school must make sure that the Transition Plan is completed after the meeting. The Transition Plan can be discussed and changed, if necessary, at later Review meetings. You and your parents will be asked to help with this Plan.
Choices after 16
Education for young people with special educational needs does not stop at 16. Depending on your child's interests and abilities they can stay on at mainstream or special school, or can move to a college of further education or into work based training.
Further education is available for all young people over the age of 16. If your child has a Statement everyone involved in transition planning will consider the possibilities for further education.
If you want to leave school at the end of Year 11 to go to a further education college or to work-based training, the Connexions Service will use information from your Statement to assess what will have to be provided so that you can carry on with education or training. Connexions will work with further education and training providers to make sure you get the help you need.
The LA will cease to maintain the Statement if the young person leaves school after Year 11. If the young person remains at school, the LA can maintain the Statement until they are 19 years old, or until the end of the school year to make sure they finish the course.
If you have any questions about the choices open to you after 16 years of age, the Connexions Service and your school can give you help and advice.