How will children and young people move to the new system?
The new ALN system emphasises increased collaboration, and the importance of providing support and information to ensure that children, young people and their families participate as fully as possible in decisions that affect them. This is why schools or local authorities will work with you, your child and other professionals following the person-centred approach to decide how best to meet your child’s needs.
Most children or young people will move from the SEN system to the ALN system when their local authority nursery, local authority school or local authority gives them an IDP notice.
An IDP notice means a nursery, school or local authority has decided a child or young person has ALN and an IDP will be made for them.
It is likely that children or young people who had SEN with provision via early years action plus or school action plus will have ALN.
On occasion, a child or young person who had SEN will be given a notice called a no IDP notice. A no IDP notice means the nursery, school or local authority has decided the learner does not have ALN and an IDP will not be made for them. For example, children or young people may be given a no IDP notice because their needs have changed and they no longer need additional learning provision.