Subjects:

Education Law

Contents:

The duty to educate

the Code of Practice on the identification and assessment of special educational needs

assessment and identification of needs

statements of special educational needs

tribunal practice and procedure

appeals against Special Educational Needs Tribunal decisions

transfer to further education

negligence in the assessment of children with special educational needs

legal aid and education law.

A comprehensive guide to the law as it relates to the provision of education for children with special educational needs. The Special Educational Needs Tribunals were set up to regulate the provision of such services.

The book provides full coverage of the Education Act 1993 and the Code of Practice. It examines in depth how the tribunal system works, and provides full coverage of the law as it relates to primary, secondary and further and higher education. It also includes an invaluable chapter on legal aid as it applies to education law.