The Additional Learning Needs (Wales) Regulations 2021

Extension to a programme of study

4.—(1) The young person has been unable to complete a programme of study (including where it is an additional programme of study under paragraph 5(1)) within the programme’s duration as intended at the outset and it is proposed to extend the programme to enable the young person to meet the person’s desired outcomes at the start of the programme (“original outcomes”) or ones that are substantially similar to the original outcomes (“adjusted outcomes”).

(2) The factors, where relevant, that the local authority must take into account are—

(a) whether the circumstances giving rise to the proposed extension are unavoidable;

(b) whether the proposed extension is necessary to enable the young person to complete the programme of study and meet the original or adjusted outcomes;

(c) whether the proposed extension is for a purpose that should have been addressed during the original duration of the programme of study and where that is the case, the reasons why it was not addressed;

(d) whether the proposed extension is proportionate to the original outcomes which are not yet met or the adjusted outcomes and whether an alternative length of extension is required in the circumstances;

(e) where the programme of study has previously been extended—

(i) whether the proposed extension arises from the same facts as the previous one, and

(ii) whether there are exceptional reasons why the young person was unable to achieve the outcomes during the previous extension.