Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6)

PART 3 E+W Children and young people in England with special educational needs or disabilities

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 3 modified (1.4.2015) by The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Detained Persons) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/62), regs. 1, 31(1), 32(1)

Special educational provision: functions of governing bodies and others E+W

67 SEN co-ordinators E+W

(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.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 67 in force at 1.4.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/889, art. 3(i)

I2 S. 67 in force at 1.9.2014 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2014/889, art. 7(a) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/2270 (as amended (1.4.2015) by S.I. 2015/505 and (1.9.2015) by S.I. 2015/1619)