Parents have unique knowledge of their child, and their views and experience contribute to the overall picture of the child’s needs and the best way to support them with their learning and development. This is important information for the school to seek and consider when they are creating a PLP for a child.

The school informs parents about the special educational provision they plan to make for the child within the PLP and asks their opinion about the priority learning areas they would like to focus on with the child. The school also notifies parents about progress made by their child as a result of the provision made for them.

Management of the PLP may look a little different for young people aged 16 and over who have chosen to stay on at school after Year 12, with the young people exercising certain rights that were previously exercisable by their parents. This transfer of rights is in recognition of the growing independence of young people of this age and is in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.