The Education (Special Educational Needs) (Wales) Regulations 2002

Reviews of statements

18.—(1) Not less than two weeks before the first day of every school term an authority shall serve a notice on the head teacher of every school listing those pupils registered at that school—

(a) for whom the authority is responsible, and

(b) whose annual reviews fall to be carried out before the commencement of the second term after the notice is given.

(2) In this regulation “school” means

(a) a community, voluntary, foundation, community or foundation special school,

(b) a maintained nursery school,

(c) a pupil referral unit,

(d) a school approved by the National Assembly under section 342, or

(e) a City College for Technology and the Arts, a City Technology College or City Academy,

at which a pupil for whom the authority is responsible is a registered pupil.

(3) The notice served in accordance with paragraph (1) shall—

(a) require the head teacher to submit a report to the authority in respect of each child mentioned in it which shall be prepared by the head teacher and reviewed by the authority in accordance with—

(i) paragraphs (4) to (15) of regulation 21 in respect of a child other than a child in the tenth year of compulsory education, or

(ii) paragraphs (4) to (15) of regulation 22 in respect of a child in the tenth year of compulsory education, and

(b) specify for each child any person from whom the authority consider advice should be sought for the purpose of arriving at a satisfactory report.

(4) The report referred to in paragraph (3) shall be prepared by the head teacher—

(a) by the end of the term which follows service of the notice, or if earlier

(b) within ten school days of the review meeting referred to in regulation 20(6), or in the case of a child in the tenth year of compulsory education, regulation 21(6).

(5) Not less than two weeks before the first day of a school year an authority shall serve on the Careers Service for their area, a notice—

(a) listing all the children for whom the authority is responsible and who will be in the tenth year of compulsory education in that school year, and

(b) indicating the school attended by each of those children or the educational provision made in respect of them.

(6) Not less than two weeks before the first day of every school term an authority shall serve a notice on the health authority and on the social services authority—

(a) listing—

(i) those children living in the area of the health authority or social services authority;

(ii) for whom the authority is responsible; and

(iii) whose annual reviews fall to be carried out before the commencement of the second term after the notice is given; and

(b) indicating the school attended by those children or the educational provision made in respect of them.