When a child with SEN is transferring schools, the Board of Governors of the child’s current school must seek the consent of the parent or young person to provide a copy of the PLP to the new school.

Sharing the PLP with the new school is important because it:

• helps the new school to understand what the child’s special educational needs are and what actions have been taken to help them, including those to which the child has responded positively; and
• provides a sound basis for the new school to develop a new PLP for the child.