6:10. The LEA must give the head teacher at least two months' notice of the date by which the review report must be returned to the LEA.  The LEA must also tell the head teacher those whom he or she should invite to contribute to the review and to attend the review meeting.  Those invited to the review meeting must include:

? a representative of the LEA

? the child's parents, or, if the child is looked after by the local authority, his or her carer, and

? a relevant teacher, which may be the child's teacher or form/year tutor, the school's SEN coordinator, or some other person responsible for the provision of education for the child, the choice resting with the head teacher.  In some schools, for example small schools, the functions of head teacher and relevant teacher may be fulfilled by one person.

6:11. Where appropriate, the LEA may tell the head teacher that representatives of the health services or social services department or other professionals closely involved with the child must be invited to contribute to the review and attend the meeting.  The head teacher may,

course, invite such representatives and professionals as he or she sees fit, even if not asked to do so by the LEA.

6:12. It is unlikely that all relevant professionals will be able to attend all review meetings.  It may therefore be helpful when inviting them to indicate the priority attached to their attendance.  Schools should explain to parents that professionals will not always be able to attend all review meetings and that, if beyond the review meeting, parents wish to discuss matters of concern in the professionals' reports, they should first approach the Named LEA Officer.  Where a child is placed outside the LEA responsible for the statement, a  representative of that LEA and relevant professionals such as educational psychologists should where possible attend the review meeting.  Parents should be strongly encouraged to attend.

6:13. In preparing for the review meeting, the head teacher must:

? request written advice from the child's parents, all those specified by the authority and anyone else the head teacher considers appropriate, and

? circulate a copy of all advice received to all those invited to the review meeting at least two weeks before the date of the meeting, inviting additional comments, including comments from those unable to attend the review meeting.