Special educational needs
For help and advice on any aspect of special educational needs, please contact us using our online form:
Children have special educational needs if they have difficulties in one or more of the following areas:
- learning (eg reading or maths problems, severe learning difficulties)
- communication (eg speech and language difficulties, autism)
- behaviour (eg emotional difficulties, aggressive behaviour)
- sensory or physical capability (eg hearing impairment, cerebral palsy).
East Sussex Children's Services Authority is committed to including as many children as possible in mainstream education. Most children with special educational needs attend their local school and where possible they are educated with other children of the same age.
Our goal is to create inclusive schools so that all children and young people have equal access to their community school and specialist provision. We are working to raise expectations and achievement for pupils and young people with special educational needs.
Forms and guidance notes
Teachers and other professionals working in SEN may need to use a number of statutory assessment (SA), annual review (AR) and individual education plan (IEP) forms. Depending on circumstances, there are four forms for completion by parents and carers:
- SA Consent – consent of a parent or legal guardian to a statutory assessment
- SA Form A – parental information for considering a statutory assessment
- SA Form B – parental advice for statutory assessment
- AR2 – parental advice for an annual review.
All forms and guidance notes are available on czone, the website for Children's Services professionals in East Sussex.
Further help
Information, advice and support for parents and carers of children with special educational needs is also available from Parent Link.
