The Special Educational Needs Assessment Service (SENAS) works closely with parents, schools, health and social care services to ensure that children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25 get the most out of their school life and maximise their achievements.
Each school within Brent has an allocated SEND Case Officer, who is the main point of contact for discussing your child’s EHC Plan.
What we do
The team’s main responsibilities include:
- carrying out education, health and care (EHC) plan assessments for children and young people with SEND link to getting an assessment
- identifying appropriate educational provision for pupils with EHC plans
- annually reviewing EHC plans
- overseeing admissions to special schools, mainstream schools and nurseries for students with EHC plans
- giving advice and information to parents, schools and other organisations about statutory SEND requirements and local authority procedures relating to the Children and Families Act 2014
- providing advice to schools on statutory requirements in relation to special educational needs
- representing the council in statutory appeal procedures, SEND tribunals and mediation
- administering EHC plan funding to schools
Who to contact
Assessment requests: To follow up on a current EHC assessment and all queries relating to the assessment process, email: sen.assessments@brent.gov.uk
General queries: To find out about your child’s EHC plan, and to be put in touch with your case officer, email: sen.casework@brent.gov.uk
EHC plans for 16 plus: If your query is regarding young people with EHC plans over the age of 16, email: sen.post16@brent.gov.uk
Annual reviews: For queries about annual reviews of EHC plans, please contact: sen.reviews@brent.gov.uk
Eligibility for transport: For queries about requests and eligibility for transport, please contact: sen.transport@brent.gov.uk