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The Department for Children, Schools and Families e-Consultations website

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Welcome to the Department for Children, Schools and Families e-consultation website. From here you can access all of our live and archived consultations, or view the results of consultations.


Consultations are listed in date order – the most recent at the top of the list.  You can also use the search facility to find a consultation by title or keyword.


To view and/or respond to a consultation, click on the title.


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  • Consultation on Draft Regulations for the Training of Newly Appointed Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) in England.

    Consultation on draft regulations to amend the Education (Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators) (England) Regulations 2008, to require school governing bodies to ensure that SENCOs new to the role undertake nationally approved training. 

    Launch Date: Friday 13 March 2009

    Closing Date: Friday 22 May 2009

  • Youth Conditional Caution Code of Practice for 16 and 17 Year Olds

    This consultation paper invites views from interested parties on the draft Code of Practice for Youth Conditional Cautions for 16 and 17 year olds that will be piloted during 2009. The Code governs the use of these Youth Conditional Cautions as stipulated by the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.

    Launch Date: Monday 2 March 2009

    Closing Date: Monday 25 May 2009

  • Designated Teachers for Looked After Children: draft Regulations and statutory guidance

    This consultation seeks views on draft Regulations made under section 20(3) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008.  The Regulations set out the qualifications and experience which will be required of designated teachers in maintained schools.  We are also consulting on the content of the draft statutory guidance to governing bodies of maintained schools (to be issued under section 20(4) of the Act). 

    Launch Date: Wednesday 25 February 2009

    Closing Date: Wednesday 20 May 2009

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