Rulebook · Plan check
Funding instead of provision
Special educational provision in Section F is detailed and specific.
What a point from this check says, with placeholders in square brackets:
This item gives a funding band or an amount of money rather than the provision itself. Funding is not provision.
- Where it looks
- Section F: Special educational provision
- How it is reported
- Code says mustThe SEND Code of Practice says "must" here because the law requires it. Found from the plan's wording or structure, so check it.
- Type of rule
- Code of Practice: must (restates the law)
- How Plenda finds it
- From the wording of the plan. Found by matching words, so a person should check it.
- What would address it
- Set out the provision the money pays for: what, how often, how long and by whom.
- The requirement
- See the requirement and every check that looks for it
- Rule id
chk.f.funding_not_provision- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
Sources
- SEND Code of Practice 2015, Section F row (detailed and specific), para 9.69Code of Practice: must (restates the law)
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 37(2)(c)Law (Act or Regulations)
Plan checks look at what a plan says and how clearly. They do not judge whether the help is enough for the child.
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