Part 9Miscellaneous
Special educational needs
I1173Special educational needs co-ordinators
In section 317 of EA 1996 (duties of governing body or F1local authority in relation to pupils with special educational needs) after subsection (3) insert—
3A
The governing body of a community, foundation or voluntary school or a maintained nursery school shall designate a member of the staff at the school (to be known as the “special educational needs co-ordinator”) as having responsibility for co-ordinating the provision for pupils with special educational needs.
3B
Regulations may—
a
require the governing bodies of schools falling within subsection (3A) to ensure that special educational needs co-ordinators have prescribed qualifications or prescribed experience (or both), and
b
confer on the governing bodies of those schools other functions relating to special educational needs co-ordinators.