SEND background and law
This path gives you legal information, guidelines and definitions. It tells you why we do what we do. There's also a path to the Lambeth Liberty Card.
We want your help with the new Local Offer. We want to know what you want to see.
What are special educational needs and disabilities? What is cognition and learning? What are sensory barriers? Find out what the jargon means.
If you want to know why Lambeth has a Local Offer and what you should expect to find in these pages, this is where you need to go.
In January 2020, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission inspected SEND provision in Lambeth. You can read their feedback here.
Read how Lambeth is planning to improve SEND services for children and young over the years to come.
This where you can find out about all the laws, policies and guidance on what support children and young people with SEND should be able to get.
Signing up to the Disability Register helps Lambeth plan its SEND services and is how children and young people can get a Lambeth Liberty Card.