PART 3SUPPLEMENTARY FUNCTIONS
Additional learning needs co-ordinator
Interpretation of regulations 26 to 30I126
In this regulation and regulations 27 to 30—
“the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Education (Wales) Act 201413;
“further education learning support worker” (“gweithiwr cymorth dysgu mewn addysg bellach”) means a person who is registered with the Education Workforce Council in the category of further education learning support worker as described in table 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act;
“further education teacher” (“athro neu athrawes addysg bellach”) means a person who is registered with the Education Workforce Council in the category of further education teacher as described in table 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act;
“relevant services” (“gwasanaethau perthnasol”) means—
- a
advice or assistance in relation to additional learning provision,
- b
the management of additional learning provision,
- c
the assessment of additional learning needs,
- d
advice or assistance in relation to additional learning needs, and
- e
the management of pupils or students (as the case may be) with additional learning needs;
- a
“school learning support worker” (“gweithiwr cymorth dysgu mewn ysgol”) means a person who is registered with the Education Workforce Council in the category of school learning support worker as described in table 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act;
“school teacher” (“athro neu athrawes ysgol”) means a person who is registered with the Education Workforce Council in the category of school teacher as described in table 1 of Schedule 2 to the 2014 Act and does not include a person registered on a provisional basis under section 9(5) of that Act;
“special educational needs co-ordinator” (“cydlynydd anghenion addysgol arbennig”) means a person having responsibility for co-ordinating the provision for pupils identified as having special educational needs under Part 4 of the Education Act 199614.
Prescribed qualification or experience of an additional learning needs co-ordinator at a schoolI227
The governing body of a school may designate a person as an additional learning needs co-ordinator under section 60(2) of the 2018 Act only if that person—
a
is a school teacher, or
b
was a special educational needs co-ordinator within the school immediately prior to 4 January 202115.
Prescribed qualification of an additional learning needs co-ordinator at an institution in the further education sectorI328
The governing body of an institution in the further education sector may designate a person as an additional learning needs co-ordinator under section 60(2) of the 2018 Act only if that person is a further education teacher.
Additional learning needs co-ordinator functions at a schoolI429
The tasks an additional learning needs co-ordinator at a school is responsible for carrying out, or ensuring are carried out, are—
a
identifying a pupil’s additional learning needs and co-ordinating the making of additional learning provision that meets a pupil’s additional learning needs,
b
securing relevant services that will support a pupil’s additional learning provision as required,
c
keeping records of decisions about additional learning needs and individual development plans,
d
promoting a pupil with additional learning needs’ inclusion in the school and access to the school’s curriculum, facilities and extra-curricular activities,
e
monitoring the effectiveness of any additional learning provision made,
f
advising school teachers at the school about differentiated teaching methods appropriate for individual pupils with additional learning needs,
g
supervising and training school learning support workers who work with pupils with additional learning needs, and
h
contributing to in-service training for school teachers at the school to assist the additional learning needs co-ordinator in carrying out the tasks referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).
Additional learning needs co-ordinator functions at an institution in the further education sectorI530
The tasks an additional learning needs co-ordinator at an institution in the further education sector is responsible for carrying out, or ensuring are carried out, are—
a
identifying a student’s additional learning needs and co-ordinating the making of additional learning provision that meets a student’s additional learning needs,
b
securing relevant services that will support a student’s additional learning provision as required,
c
keeping records of decisions about additional learning needs and individual development plans,
d
promoting a student with additional learning needs’ inclusion in the institution in the further education sector and access to the institution in the further education sector’s curriculum, facilities and extra-curricular activities,
e
monitoring the effectiveness of any additional learning provision made,
f
advising teachers at the institution in the further education sector about differentiated teaching methods appropriate for individual students with additional learning needs,
g
supervising and training further education learning support workers who work with students with additional learning needs, and
h
contributing to training for further education teachers at the institution in the further education sector to assist the additional learning needs co-ordinator in carrying out the tasks referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).