The Tribunal had erred by failing to provide reasoned conclusions relating to expert evidence in favour of a residential placement at an independent special school. The Tribunal’s conclusions stated that the central question for the Tribunal was whether the day special school maintained by the local education authority could provide the education which the child in question required without the need for a residential placement at an independent special school. The Tribunal went on to answer t ...
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Special educational provision. Where it is necessary for a local education authority to make and maintain a statement of a child’s special educational needs, its obligation under section 324(3)(b) of the Education Act 1996 to specify the special educational provision to be made for the purpose of meeting those needs shall be satisfied where it specifies the provision that is “reasonably required” to meet those needs. It is pre-eminently a matter for the expert judgment of the Special Educationa ...
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