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What are local authority’s obligations to continue to maintain an electively home educated (EHE) plan for an EHE child with special educational needs post-16?

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Children with special educational needs are covered by Part 3 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (CFA 2014) (CFA 2014, s 19) and the code of practice issued under that statute. It applies to children and young people with special educational needs and disabled children and young people. A ‘young person’ is a person over compulsory school age and under 25. Compulsory school age ends on the last Friday in June in the academic year when the child turns 16. See Practice Note: Special educational needs in England under the Children and Families Act 2014.

A child or young person has special educational needs if they have a learning difficulty or a disability which calls for special educational provision to be made available. A child of compulsory school age or a young person has a learning difficulty or disability of they have a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority

Chris Bryden
Chris Bryden

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Chris was called to the Bar in 2003 and since that time has built a busy practice across a range of areas, with an emphasis on Chancery practice. He enjoys a well-deserved reputation for his knowledge and expertise in each area. He appears regularly in the County Court, Family Court and the High Court as well as various specialist Tribunals, and has been involved in cases up to and including the Supreme Court. He regularly is instructed at Appellate level. He has extensive and wide-ranging experience particularly in the areas of wills, probate and inheritance disputes; property including adverse possession, boundary disputes and issues arising out of trusts of land; company and commercial work and financial remedies. Chris is head of the Family Group and head of the Property Team at 4KBW.

Chris is the author of numerous articles in publications such as the New Law Journal, Counsel and Family Law, amongst many other titles, and is the co-author of Social Media in the Workplace: A Handbook (2015, Jordan Publishing).

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Local authority definition
What does Local authority mean?

The County, Unitary or london borough Council for a defined area.

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