Rulebook · Plan check
Check whether the therapist works with the child
Special educational provision in Section F is detailed and specific.
What a point from this check says, with placeholders in square brackets:
In this item the therapist or specialist sets a programme or advises staff. No direct work with the child or young person by the same kind of therapist was found in Section F. Check this matches the professional advice.
- Where it looks
- Section F: Special educational provision
- How it is reported
- Worth checkingThis depends on facts Plenda cannot see. Check it against the reports and what the child needs.
- Type of rule
- Code of Practice: must (restates the law)
- How Plenda finds it
- This depends on facts Plenda cannot see, so it is shown as something to check.
- What would address it
- If the advice recommends direct work, say how often the specialist works with the child, and for how long.
- The requirement
- See the requirement and every check that looks for it
- Rule id
chk.f.indirect_only- 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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