How the SEND system works
What the regulations and the SEND Code of Practice actually require, by when, and of whom — with the paragraph numbers, so you can check any of it against the source rather than taking our word for it.
The EHC annual review timeline
The statutory dates around an EHC plan annual review: when advice must be circulated, when the report must go out, and who it must reach.
Read the guide →Assess, plan, do, review
The graduated approach as the SEND Code of Practice sets it out: what each of the four stages is for, and what a review must take account of.
Read the guide →SEN register codes
The DfE census codes a school records for SEN provision (N, K and E) and the thirteen primary need types, and what each one means.
Read the guide →Asking for an EHC needs assessment
Who can ask a local authority for an EHC needs assessment, the test the authority applies, and what the school's evidence needs to show.
Read the guide →These pages describe the system. If you want to see how a SEN register, the graduated-approach cycles and a costed provision map look in one place, there is a read-only demonstration school.
General information about the SEND system in England, not legal advice, and not advice about provision for any individual pupil.