Children and Families Act 2014 SEN co-ordinators

Provision 67:

SEN co-ordinators

(1)This section imposes duties on the appropriate authorities of the following schools in England—

(a)mainstream schools;

(b)maintained nursery schools.

(2)The appropriate authority must designate a member of staff at the school (to be known as the “SEN co-ordinator”) as having responsibility for co-ordinating the provision for pupils with special educational needs.

(3)Regulations may—

(a)require appropriate authorities which are subject to the duty imposed by subsection (2) to ensure that SEN co-ordinators have prescribed qualifications or prescribed experience (or both);

(b)confer other functions relating to SEN co-ordinators on appropriate authorities which are subject to the duty imposed by subsection (2).

(4)The “appropriate authority” for a school is— (a)in the case of a maintained school or maintained nursery school, the governing body; (b)in the case of an Academy, the proprietor.