Special Education
Needs Section - what we do
We help schools support pupils
with severe and complex special educational needs.
This includes:
- Organising funding and statutory assessments for pupils with
complex and severe special educational needs
- Liaising with schools and parents to clarify and resolve issues
related to statements or exceptional resources for pupils with
complex or severe special educational needs
- Monitoring pupils for whom the authority has made special
educational provision
- Organising mediation and disagreement resolution services for
parents who are in disagreement with the local authority or a
school about the special educational provision being offered to
their child
We can also provide helpful advice to you in regard to
your child's special educational needs, although we recognise that
in most instances your child's school will be able to provide you
with appropriate advice and your child with support for their
special educational needs.
Decisions on assessment, statements and exceptional
resourcing are made by a weekly special educational needs panel
which consists of officers and school staff.