As your child progresses through school and college, they may be required to take exams and or assessments. Changes to support your child/young person to be able to complete these assessments can be referred to as access arrangements or reasonable adjustments –...
Education otherwise than at/in a school You may feel no setting would be appropriate for your child, and do not wish to request any setting when you receive the draft EHC plan. Section 61 of Children and Families Act 2014 allows an LA to arrange for some or all...
As a young person (or parent/guardian) of a young person, you might start to wonder what is next and where do you go to find the answers for the point of leaving school and moving on to adulthood. This section provides you with that guidance and information. Children...
To access the service, please contact:Need support? We can help... Please leave your details here and a member of the SEND IASS team will get in touch with you. Alternatively you can use the contact details below to contact the Sunderland SEND IASS service. We...
A head teacher at a school (or the teacher in charge of a pupil referral unit or the principal of an academy) is the only person who can suspend or permanently exclude a pupil on disciplinary grounds. A pupil may be suspended for one or more fixed periods up to 45...
If you feel you are not receiving the right level of support and/or service from a professional, who is working with yourself and/or your child, you have the right to make a formal complaint. Each service has its own complaint process. We would advise you to look over...
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Social services provide a wide range of support. If you require social care support, you can ask the local authority – in Sunderland this would be Together for Children – to assess the child or young person’s social care needs. If the young person is approaching the...
Health In this section, you will find information around the services on offer to support a child or young person’s health.Many youngsters with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) also require additional support from health services. If the child or...
Under 5’shttps://www.ipsea.org.uk/children-under-5 Compulsory school agehttps://www.ipsea.org.uk/children-of-compulsory-school-age-aged-5-to-16 Children with SENDhttps://www.ipsea.org.uk/children-with-sen-a-disability-or-a-mobility-difficulty Post 16...