AQW 14554/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the engagement his Department has undertaken with school leaders in relation to schools assuming responsibility for the preparation of a child’s first transition plan under the new Special Educational Needs Framework.
Asked by Nick Mathison MLA on 6 September 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 September 2024
- Answer due by
- 23 September 2024
- Answered
- 13 September 20247 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The responsibility for schools to prepare a child’s first transition plan is contained within the new draft Special Education Needs (SEN) regulations and the associated SEN Code of Practice. The documents were publicly consulted on between 30 September 2020 until 2 March 2021 and a number of schools submitted responses to both.