"SEN Case Statements"
If we accept your SEN appeal, we will send a copy of your
appeal to the LEA. We will tell you when your hearing is likely
to be held and ask you for dates when you cannot come to the
hearing. You and the LEA will then have 6 weeks to prepare
a case statement explaining your views and the facts.
Case Statements
We will send you guidance on how to prepare a case statement.
Every child is unique so the facts of every appeal to the
tribunal are different. For that reason, the information parents
give us will be different too. But in almost every case, there
is general information we need to know. Of course if we have
already received it, either from you with your notice of appeal
or from the LEA, you do not have to tell us.
What we need to know
You should tell us:
- what you want for your child and why, and
- what you disagree with in the LEA's proposals and why.
Special educational needs
What special educational needs does your child have?
What has all ready been done to help, and what progress has
been made?
School
What does your child find most difficult at school?
What help is your child receiving at the moment - for example,
from specialist teachers or assistants?
Does your child have an individual education plan and what
does the school say about progress? Copies of reports can
help us.
Medical
How does any medical condition your child has affect his or
her condition?
Therapy (speech and language therapy, physiotherapy,
occupational therapy etc.)
If your child has been receiving therapy, please let us have
copies of any professional reports or assessments.
What changes do you want, and how do you expect the therapy
to help?
What have therapists said about what will be needed in future?
Changing schools
If you want your child to go to a new school, tell us why.
How will it meet your child's needs? Send us a copy of the
school's prospectus.
If your child would live at the school, is there an educational
reason for this?
If the school is an independent school, how much will it cost?
How long would it take to get to and from the school and what
would it cost?
Education at home
If you want your child to be educated at home, tell us how
this would work and the costs involved.
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