Rulebook · Plan check

Section not labelled

The plan includes each section, separately labelled with its letter. Plenda reads this as including a section where nothing applies, which can say so under its heading.

What a point from this check says, with placeholders in square brackets:

Not found in the plan's headings: Section F (special educational provision). The Code says a plan must include each section, separately labelled with its letter. Where nothing applies, the section can say so.

Where it looks

The whole plan

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 plan's headings and structure.

What would address it

Add the heading, and say under it that nothing applies.

The requirement

See the requirement and every check that looks for it

Rule id

chk.structure.section_unlabelled

Rules version

england-2026.10

Law as at

30 September 2026

Sources

• SEND Code of Practice 2015, para 9.62Code of Practice: must (restates the law)
• SEND Regulations 2014, reg 12(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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