Rulebook · Plan check
School or type named in a draft plan
A draft plan must not name a school or other institution, or a type of school or institution. This applies to the draft of a new plan and to a draft issued after a re-assessment.
What a point from this check says, with placeholders in square brackets:
This is a draft plan, but Section I names a school, college or type of placement. A draft plan must not do this: the family first has the chance to ask for a particular school or college.
- Where it looks
- Section I: The school or other institution, or the type, to be attended
- How it is reported
- Legal requirementThe Act or the Regulations require this, and Plenda did not find it in the text supplied.
- Type of rule
- Law (Act or Regulations)
- How Plenda finds it
- From the plan's headings and structure.
- What would address it
- Leave Section I blank in the draft and complete it in the final plan.
- The requirement
- See the requirement and every check that looks for it
- Rule id
chk.i.named_in_draft- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
Sources
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 38(5)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 27(1)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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