Under existing proposals, health, social care and education services will have a statutory duty to assess children and young people with SEN and disabilities, creating a single multi-agency plan tailored to each child.
But as the consultation into the SEN green paper draws to a close, Jane McConnell, chief executive of charity Independent Parental Special Education Advice, warned that tribunals will only be able to hold education providers to account unless government plans are amended.
"Education will be the only service with a statutory duty to deliver the provision in the plan," McConnell explained. "That wouldn't be anything different from what we've got currently.
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