4:78. The duty to maintain the child at the school specified in Part 4 of the statement therefore also transfers to the new authority.  The new authority may place the child temporarily at a school other than that specified in Part 4 where appropriate and sensible to do so - for example, where the distance between the child's new home and the school would be too great - prior to the statement being amended in accordance with the statutory procedures.  Otherwise, the new LEA may not decline to pay the fees or otherwise maintain the child at, an independent school or non-maintained special school or a boarding school named in a statement, unless and until they have formally amended the statement.

4:79. The new authority may, on the transfer of the statement, bring forward the arrangements for the review of the statement, and may conduct a new assessment regardless of when the previous assessment took place.  The new authority must tell the parents, within six weeks of the date of transfer, when they will review the statement and whether they propose to make an assessment under section 167.  The old authority and the child's school should alert parents to the educational implications of their proposed move and both the old authority and the new authority should be ready to discuss those implications with parent.  Where a child with a statement moves to Northern Ireland or Scotland, the LEA should, if the parent agrees, send a copy of the child's statement to the new authority or board.


Maintenance of a statement

4:80. When a statement is made, the LEA should tell the 'responsible person' in the child's school - see paragraph 2:9.  The responsible person must then ensure that the child's special educational needs are made known to all those who will teach him or her.  Schools should ensure that teachers monitor and informally review the child's progress during the course of the year.  It is most important that, if a child's special educational needs change for the better or worse, a review is held as soon as possible to ensure that the provision specified in the statement is still appropriate.