C1PART 3Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities

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Special educational provision: functions of governing bodies and others

I1I267SEN co-ordinators

1

This section imposes duties on the appropriate authorities of the following schools in England—

a

mainstream schools;

b

maintained nursery schools.

2

The appropriate authority must designate a member of staff at the school (to be known as the “SEN co-ordinator”) as having responsibility for co-ordinating the provision for pupils with special educational needs.

3

Regulations may—

a

require appropriate authorities which are subject to the duty imposed by subsection (2) to ensure that SEN co-ordinators have prescribed qualifications or prescribed experience (or both);

b

confer other functions relating to SEN co-ordinators on appropriate authorities which are subject to the duty imposed by subsection (2).

4

The “appropriate authority” for a school is—

a

in the case of a maintained school or maintained nursery school, the governing body;

b

in the case of an Academy, the proprietor.