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The new SEN Code of Practice explained

Pupil wellbeing
The final draft of the new SEN Code of Practice has been published. Dr Hilary Emery looks at the implications for schools and teachers.

It’s a time of bewildering change for teachers and schools. With the new curriculum for 2014 to consider and then assimilate into teaching plans, and changes in the way these subjects will be assessed, teachers have enough to fill their working day already. So it should come as no surprise that schools may not have fully engaged with other important changes coming next year relating to children with SEN.

The new approach to SEN education is set out in the Children and Families Bill currently making its way through the House of Lords. The measures are due to come into force from September 2014 and the Department for Education is using the experiences of pathfinder schemes, which are piloting the new way of working, to shape the legislation. 

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