Scenario
A high needs student starts before the top-up is agreed
A student with significant needs starts in September. The local authority top-up has not been agreed by December.
The situation
- Stream
- High needs
- Student
- Started in September with substantial support in place
- Top-up
- Not yet agreed with the home local authority
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What should be happening?
The rules behind this
Learning support funding requires a documented chain: an assessed need, the support actually provided, the cost of providing it, and the claim made. A claim without the chain is not defensible.
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Sources
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