Governors' responsibilities
All governing boards have legal duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 in relation to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
In practice, your governing board can delegate these functions to a committee, an individual governor or your headteacher. However, it's still your board's responsibility to make sure that the functions are carried out.
Co-operate with the local authority (LA) when the LA develops and reviews its local offer (this sets out the support available in the local area for children and young people with SEND) Try their best to make sure that a child with SEND gets the support they need – this means doing everything they can to meet children and young people’s SEN Make sure that children and young people with SEND engage in the activities of the school alongside pupils who don't have SEND Make sure parents/carers are informed when the school is making SEN