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Education What to expect from education Flexible working – parents’ rights

Flexible working – parents’ rights

The Good Schools Guide provides information about flexible working, if your child has special educational needs you might need to take more time off work than others. For more about this see the Flexible working – Good Schools Guide

  • Young person’s guide to the Children and Families Act 2014
  • SEND support easy read guide for children and young people
  • Special educational needs and disabilities: a guide for parents and carers
  • SEND support easy read guide for parents
Alternative Provision
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Autism and ADHD Pathway
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  • - 2. Assessment pathway for Autism and ADHD
  • - 1. Pre Assessment Autism and ADHD Pathway
Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCP)
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  • - What support can having an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) provide?
  • - Making a request for an Education Health and Care (EHC) Needs Assessment
  • - Who can make a request for an Education Health and Care needs assessment?
  • - The Statutory SEND Team – Helping you through the EHC Plan process
  • - The EHC Plan Needs Assessment Process – Flow chart
  • - Where to get more help during the EHCP process?
  • - How does Somerset make its decision relating to SEND?
  • - Education Health and Care plans and school placements
  • - Education, Health and Care Plans – Choosing your Own Support
  • - EHC Plans and school transport
  • - What if I do not agree with decisions surrounding SEND processes?
  • - How will I know if a child or young person has Special Educational Needs?
  • - What are Special Educational Needs?
  • - EHC Plans – After the annual review
  • - EHC Plan Annual Reviews
  • - Find out the progress of an EHC needs assessment
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School transport
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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities provision
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Special Provision Capital Fund – Somerset’s Plan
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What to expect from education
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  • - Sensory Processing Handbook
  • - Flexible working – parents’ rights
  • - Anxiety about attending school
  • - English as an additional language (EAL)
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  • - Free school meals
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  • - Choosing a school
  • - Applying to start school
  • - Transition between phases of education
  • - Choosing your own support

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