2014 was a landmark year for Special Educational Needs. It was the year that heralded the most comprehensive overhaul of the SEN Framework for over 30 years. Here, we summarise SEN Framework and why it was needed.

Link to the CPD training exploring the responsibilities of schools under the SEND Code of Practice.

This is the chapter that outlines the duties upon educational settings. We have tried to unpick this by highlighting the sections that relate to Special Educational Needs and those that relate to Special Educational Provision.

Written by Schoolsweek magazine, this is an excellent overview of how SEN funding is distributed and simplifies the different elements (1, 2 and 3) of funding that a setting may receive.

Children may experience five types of disability discrimination at school. This section of the Equality Act (2010) outlines these and duties around the requirement of 'reasonable adjustments' for any pupil classed as having a disability.

A guide for Educational Settings from the Kids charity. A summarised and easy-to-understand overview of the different types of disability discrimination and making reasonable adjustments.

A guide for Educational Settings from the Equality and Human Rights Commission . There are three elements to the reasonable adjustments duty that relate to:

• Provisions, criteria and practices

• Auxiliary aids and services

• Physical features

The School Discipline Regulations 2012 came into effect on 1 September 2012 and apply only to England. They enabled Principal's of maintained schools to exclude pupils for up to a maximum of 45 days per school year subject to a number of conditions or permanently.

This document from the Department for Education have provided a guide to the legislation that governs the exclusion of pupils from maintained schools (and other setting types) in England.

Children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities are much more likely to be excluded from school than their classmates. This booklet from the Kids Charity guides parents on their rights. Is a useful summary guide for schools too.

Overview of some of the key points for schools in relation to excluding pupils with SEND (including those with an EHCP) and the links to making reasonable adjustments.

Former Children's Secretary Edward Timpson was commissioned by the Government to conduct a review of exclusion practice, to explore how head teachers use exclusion in practice, and why some groups of pupils are more likely to be excluded.

Judicial review (JR) is an action in which the court is asked to review the lawfulness of a decision or action made by a public body. It therefore covers government departments, local authorities and state-maintained schools (including academies and free schools) but not private schools.

The Ombudsman can investigate a complaint that a local authority has failed to appropriately address a child’s special educational needs (SEN). This includes delay in assessing a child and issuing an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and failing to implement an EHCP or carry out an annual review.