PART 3Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities
Special educational provision: functions of governing bodies and others
67SEN 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.