Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 1387
Education, England
The Education (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
Made
8th June 2009
Laid before Parliament
16th June 2009
Coming into force
1st September 2009
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 317(3B) and 569(4) of the Education Act 1996( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and come into force on 1st September 2009.
Amendment of the Education (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators) (England) Regulations 2008
2. —(1)Regulation 3 of the Education (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators) (England) Regulations 2008( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph (4), insert—
“ (5) Paragraph (6) applies to a person—
(a) who is the SENCO at a relevant school on 1st September 2009, and who on that date has not been the SENCO at that or any other relevant school for a total period of more than twelve months; or
(b) who becomes the SENCO at a relevant school after 1st September 2009, and who has not previously been the SENCO at that or any other relevant school for a total period of more than twelve months.
(6) The governing body of the school must ensure that, if the person is the SENCO at the school at any time after the required date, that person holds the qualification mentioned in paragraph (7).
(7) The qualification referred to in paragraph (6) is the qualification for the time being known as “The National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination”.
(8) In paragraph (6), “the required date” means—
(a) in respect of a person falling within paragraph (5)(a), 1st September 2012, or
(b) in respect of a person falling within paragraph (5)(b), the third anniversary of the date on which that person becomes the SENCO. ”
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Children, Schools and Families
8th June 2009
1996 c.56 . For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”, see section 579(1) of the Act. Subsection (3B) was inserted by section 173 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c.40) .