IPSEA’s answer: As things currently stand the proposed changes
will not be implemented as law until 1 September 2014 at the earliest.
The time table is:
- December 2012: Education Select Committee complete its pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft legislation and report their findings
- Early 2013: Children & Families Bill issued including changes to SEN law - start of Parliamentary process
- During 2013: Consultations on and finalisation of revised SEN Regulations and revised SEN Code of Practice
- Spring 2014: Children and Families Bill receives Royal Assent and becomes an Act of Parliament
- September 2014: Children and Families Act enacted and starts to take effect
The transfer
arrangements for children in the current system moving into the new system have
not yet been confirmed - but if you have not already requested a Statutory
Assessment of your child's needs by that date, then providing the new
legislation has Royal Assent and is enacted from the 1 September 2014, you
will be starting assessment in the new system.
IPSEA would not
recommend that any parent waits for the new system to come into
force before they request an assessment of their child's needs. If you have
evidence that they need more and/or different support than that provided by the
pre-school/school they currently or will soon attend, go ahead and ask now.
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