Deciding to assess (weeks 1-6)

SEN will gather together the information from your application, from school and from other professionals that have worked with your child. This information will be presented to the SEN panel who will decide whether an assessment is needed.

They will consider:

• The information about your child’s special educational needs and what support has already been given.
• The child’s academic progress, or developmental progress if they are very young.
• Evidence that where they have made progress, it is only because of a great deal of support and intervention over and above that which is normally provided.
• Evidence of their physical, emotional and social development and health needs.

Further guidance is in paragraph 9.14 of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years (PDF document.)