Rulebook · Plan check
Section not in the plan
The plan sets out what reg 12(1) lists, each section separately identified: Sections A to I, and Section J where special educational provision is to be secured by a direct payment. The advice is attached as Section K.
What a point from this check says, with placeholders in square brackets:
Not found in the plan's headings: Section F (special educational provision).
- Where it looks
- The whole plan
- 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
- Add the section with its own heading. If nothing applies, say so under the heading.
- The requirement
- See the requirement and every check that looks for it
- Rule id
chk.structure.section_missing- Rules version
- england-2026.10
- Law as at
- 30 September 2026
Sources
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 12(1)Law (Act or Regulations)
- SEND Regulations 2014, reg 12(4)Law (Act or Regulations)
- Children and Families Act 2014, s 37(2)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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