If you have an Education Health Care plan and are looking to go to an independent special school or college out of Wolverhampton, then the place of learning must be approved by the local authority.

Those which meet the SEND Code of Practice criteria can be found on the approved independent special schools and colleges list.  This list is updated by Gov.uk on a termly basis. The school or college of your choice must be named in the young person’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan.  

The duties and rights relating to admissions are the same across maintained schools, academies, further education colleges and non-maintained special schools in that:

• A child or young person has a right to request that an institution on the approved list is named in their EHC plan
• If the institution is named in an EHC plan, the local authority is under a qualified duty to secure a place
• If the institution is named in an EHC plan, the institution must admit the pupil or young person

The City of Wolverhampton Council has a duty to be satisfied with the named school’s most recent education and social care inspection when preparing the EHC plan.

Here you will find on the Department for Education (DfE) Independent institutions approved under section 41 of the Children and Families Act 2014.