SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Amendment to Statement of Special Educational Needs

Part 2Appeals against amendments to statement of special educational needs

18Section 326 of the 1996 Act is amended as follows.

19For subsection (1) substitute—

(1)The parent of a child for whom a local education authority maintain a statement under section 324 may appeal to the Tribunal—

(a)when the statement is first made,

(b)if an amendment is made to the statement, or

(c)if, after conducting an assessment under section 323, the local education authority determine not to amend the statement.

(1A)An appeal under this section may be against any of the following—

(a)the description in the statement of the local education authority’s assessment of the child’s special educational needs,

(b)the special educational provision specified in the statement (including the name of a school so specified),

(c)if no school is specified in the statement, that fact.

20In subsection (2), for “paragraph 10” substitute “paragraph 2A”.