Dear Mr o'Shea,

FOI request: FOI-3131

Thank you for your request dated 16/12/2024

Your request will be answered by 16/01/2025

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

David White
Head of Information, Safety and Community Services
Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central
Royal Borough of Greenwich

 3rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18 6HQ
http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/

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Dear Mr o'Shea

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-3131

Thank you for your request dated 19 December 2024

Our response is as follows:

We have not given any direct advice to SENDIASS nor schools re parents and
schools challenging the level of funding given for an EHCP.

Schools can request a change in the level of banding if they can evidence
they are spending more to meet a CYP needs. The same advice would be given
to parents, via the school.

The banding document and admissions procedures are all published in our
local
offer-[1]https://greenwichcommunitydirectory.org....

provide me any guidance you have given to SENDIASS and schools in respect
of the rights of parents and schools to challenge the level of funding
provided with individual EHCPs, up to and including seeking a Judicial
Review.

If this guidance does not exist, please confirm this explicitly.

If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review.  Internal review requests must be submitted within
two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request.  If you wish to do this, please contact us in writing, setting
out why you are dissatisfied.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council. You can contact the ICO
by emailing [2][email address], or by post at Customer Contact,
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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