Last June, the coalition government published the first SEND Code of Practice to which schools, colleges and many other organisations must have regard. Earlier codes covered SEN only, but disability is now included alongside it. There are some important benefits in bringing together the two sets of legislation – the Equality Act 2010 covering our duties to disabled children and the Children and Families Act 2014 covering duties to children with SEN.
The integration of the two sets of responsibilities is both legislative and at the level of practice. In the legislation, all the strategic duties bring together responsibilities to disabled children and children with SEN.
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