Statutory SEND – SEN2 Return 2020 (3.70)

Description

Changes to the SEN2 Return 2020

IMPORTANT NOTE

This year is the first time that the SEN2 return does not require a count for SEN statements for any of the questions. The DfE guidance states that if SEN statements exist then these should be counted as EHC Plans for SEN2 2020.

However, the SEN2 return in Capita One Education does not automatically count students with statements in the system as having EHC Plans in the statutory return. This is because we wanted to highlight to local authorities instances where a student may have data that represents them having a statement, but in reality they have an EHC Plan and the local authority needs to update this in the system.

Statutory Returns – Business Rules and Exception Messages

• Part B: Questions in the Return
  Part 4: Progress transferring children and young people with statements of special education needs to the new system has been removed. This also includes Q4.1.a and Q4.1.b.
• As a result of removing Part 4, all following questions have been renumbered.
• The numbering and descriptions have been changed throughout the return to bring them in line with the latest version of the DfE Special Educational Needs Survey 2020.
• The DfE have split three categories in Q1.2a and Q2.2a, resulting in new Placement Type External codes being introduced to record this.

Lookup Table ID 0128 – SEN School Type
Int Code      Ext Code    Description
EHE              E_EHE         Elective Home Education
APY              E_APY          Under 5, not in education, awaiting placement
APZ              E_APZ          Under 5, in education, awaiting placement

• A new External code ‘OVR – overturned‘ has been added to Assessment Type (Lookup Table_ID 0315), which can be used on Assessment Involvements that have been created after the LAs decision has been overturned following a mediation or tribunal.

A  Feature Update Is Available In  3.70.001

This feature update amends the logic of the SEN2 Return to include cases in Part 3 where it was the local authority’s decision to refuse to assess that was overturned.

(KB481974) Statutory SEN2 Return: Part 3 EHC Plans issued within 20 weeks (3.70.001)

Documents Updated

SEND Handbook

Links

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-educational-needs-survey-2020

Last Updated: 24/11/2019 19:00