CYP Now - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Reforms 2014: Sencos' Perspectives of the First Six Months

The research section for this special report is based on a selection of academic studies which have been explored and summarised by Research in Practice (www.rip.org.uk), part of the Dartington Hall Trust.

Authors Helen Curran et al

Published by British Journal of Special Education, Volume 44 (2017)

This article discusses findings from a PhD project which explored the views of special education needs co-ordinators (Sencos) six months after the introduction in 2014 of the SEND reforms and the SEND Code of Practice.

The Children and Families Act 2014 introduced cultural and systemic change within the area of SEND and the SEND Code of Practice provides the statutory guidance in relation to the act. The code states that a child has special educational needs if he or she requires "provision [that is] different from or additional to that normally available to pupils of the same age".

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