Teacher Amanda Whitfield who force-fed custard is banned – BBC News
“A teacher who force-fed custard to a special needs child has been banned following a disciplinary hearing.”
BBC News, 11th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: special educational needs
Special Educational Needs and School Transport – 11 KBW
“In this paper, I intend to cover the following areas:-
(1) An update on reform to the special educational needs regime
(2) Case law update on recent special educational needs cases
(3) School transport.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.11kbw.co.uk
Inter-authority recoupment – Education Law Blog
“The Inter-authority Recoupment (England) Regulations 2013 have now been made and will come into force on 1 April 2013.”
Education Law Blog, 13th March 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Children and Families Bill 2013 – 11 KBW
“Part 3 of the Children and Families Bill 2013 (‘the Bill’) was intended to deliver ‘the biggest
reforms for 30 years’ for children and young people with SEN.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 5th March 2013
Source: www.11kbw.com
The Children and Families Bill – the new SEN provisions – 11 KBW
“The legislative framework governing the approach to children with special educational needs (‘SEN’) in England has remained broadly the same since the coming into force of Part 4 of the Education Act 1996 on 1st November 1996. However, on 18 March 2012, the Department for Education published a Green Paper, Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs and Disability, signalling an intention to review that framework. The intention to legislate in this field was reiterated in the Queen’s Speech on 9th May 2012, which was swiftly followed by the follow-up to the Green Paper, Progress and Next Steps, on 15 May 2012.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 5th March 2013
Source: www.11kbw.com
Refusal to make a statement: remember the context – Education Law Blog
“A short recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (JS v Worcestershire County Council [2012] UKUT 451 (AAC)) has emphasised the importance, when assessing a child’s special educational needs (‘SENs’), of considering the context in which he or she is performing.”
Education Law Blog, 4th february 2013
Source: www.education11kbw.com
SEN Update – 11 KBW
“This paper considers developments in relation to the law on Special Educational Needs over the last year. It will address three main areas:
(1) recent SEN cases;
(2) practice and procedure issues;
(3) the Children and Families Bill.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, November 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Education and Human Rights – 11 KBW
“Education lawyers cannot ignore the European Convention of Human Rights. The ‘right to education’ is enshrined in Article 2 of the First Protocol to the Convention, and other Convention rights are often in play when education decisions need to be made. In this paper, we examine in detail the content of Article 2 of the First Protocol, and highlight the other Convention rights that frequently feature in education cases.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, November 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Academies in court: recent case law – 11 KBW
“This paper concentrates on three recent cases concerning different aspects of the emerging law on Academies:
(1) Consultation on Academy conversions under s.5 Academies Act 2010 (‘the 2010
Act’);
(2) The extent of the obligation on Academies (both pre and post 2010 Act) to admit
children with a statement of Special Educational Needs (‘SSEN’); and
(3) The new Academy ‘presumption’ in s.6A of the Education and Inspections Act 2006.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 4th December 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
Residential Placement: The Upper Tribunal strikes again – Education Law Blog
“Special educational needs (“SEN”) cases involving residential placements are often particularly contentious: the pupil will often have (or be alleged to have) particularly significant SENs, but the local authority will be potentially facing a very large bill for such a placement. The issue has again been considered by the Upper Tribunal in London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham v JH [2012] UKUT 328 (AAC).”
Education Law Blog, 12th November 2012
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Academies should be subject to the law on pupils with special needs – The Guardian
“Tribunal rulings against academies excluding special educational needs pupils must be backed up by changes to the law.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Academy loses legal challenge over special needs pupils – The Guardian
“One of the government’s flagship academy schools has lost a legal challenge over its refusal to admit a number of children with special educational needs.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
SEN and Academies: The Upper Tribunal has its say – Education Law Blog
“Academies are independent, non-fee-paying schools funded by the Secretary of State. For special educational needs (SEN) purposes, although Academies are deemed to be mainstream schools (see the Education Act 1996, s.316(4)(b)(iii)), they are not subject to the duties in relation to SEN that maintained schools (as defined in s.312(5)) are. That gap is, however, (at least partially) plugged by the terms of the Funding Agreement between the Secretary of State and the Academy Trust. Indeed, in relation to Academies created since the Academies Act 2010, s.1(7) of the 2010 Act requires the Funding Agreement to impose ‘SEN obligations’ (i.e. the obligations under Chapter 1 of Part IV of the 1996 Act) on the Academy.”
Education Law Blog, 11th July 2012
Source: www.education11kbw.com
Academies’ refusal to admit pupils with special needs prompts legal battles – The Guardian
“Two of the government’s flagship academy schools are facing legal challenges for refusing to admit children with statements of special needs.”
The Guardian, 24th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
DfE sets out key features of Children and Families Bill – Family Law Week
“The Department for Education has set out the key features of the Children and Families Bill announced in the Queen’s Speech. The Bill is expected to be introduced early in 2013.”
Family Law Week, 9th May 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Williams v Essex County Council – WLR Daily
Williams v Essex County Council: [2011] EWCA Civ 1315; [2011] WLR (D) 329
“A statement of special educational needs automatically lapsed when a person ceased to be a child, which was at 19 years. The Court of Appeal so stated when allowing the appeal of Essex County Council against a decision of Judge Jacobs in the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) on 8 March 2010 setting aside a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) of 8 September 2009 that it was no longer necessary to maintain the statement of special educational needs of MW (now aged 22 years), the daughter of the claimant, Antony John Williams.”
WLR Daily, 15th November 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Down’s Syndrome daughter ‘should stay in school until she’s 25’ – Daily Telegraph
“The father of a Down’s Syndrome woman is attempting to force a council to let her stay in school until 25, in a case which could see thousands of special needs adults taught alongside children.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Leeds City Council failed children with special needs – BBC News
“There were ‘serious and extensive failures’ in the way Leeds City Council treated three children with special educational needs, a report has found.”
BBC News, 11th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (RO) v East Riding of Yorkshire Council (Secretary of State for Education intervening) – WLR Daily
“A child’s status as a ‘looked after child’ for the purposes of the Children Act 1989 did not come to an end when the local authority, by virtue of a statement of special educational needs under the Education Act 1996, arranged for him to be accommodated at a residential school.”
WLR Daily, 2nd March 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is remoced.
Regina (B) v Islington London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (B) v Islington London Borough Council [2010] WLR (D) 236
“The Education Act 1996 placed no obligation on a local authority to maintain a statement of special educational needs for a young person over the age of 19 or to fund him or her to continue in secondary education.”
WLR Daily, 24th August 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
