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Inspections Clinic: Special schools framework

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  • Tuesday, November 29, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Special schools cater for children and young people with additional and often complex needs. Jo Stephenson sets out 10 emerging trends on how the education inspection framework is being applied in special schools.

Legal Update: Parent power in EHCPs

An important decision from the Upper Tribunal has upheld a holistic interpretation of section 9 of the Education Act 1996, the general principle that children will be educated in accordance with their parents’ wishes, with a duty on the local authority to specify the parent’s preferred school in a child’s education, health and care plan (EHCP) if it is considered suitable for their needs, offers “efficient” education and avoids unreasonable public expenditure.