Under the Children and Families Act 2014, from 1 September, children and young people with SEN, and their families, will be offered personal budgets to carry out their education, health and care (EHC) plans, which will replace statements of SEN.
There are four different ways that parents will be able to access personal budgets, including direct payments, which allow them to buy in and manage services for their children.
An evaluation of the SEN Pathfinder Programme, conducted by OPM, found that in many cases having a choice was not deemed necessary because families were already happy with their services or were happy to accept the advice of their child’s school.
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