SENAR

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This section contains information for SENAR, Birmingham City Council’s Special Education Needs Assessment and Review Service. To learn more, please select from the following options.

What is SENAR?

SENAR fulfils Birmingham City Council’s legal duties to children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) between the ages of 0-25. Working in partnership with its education, health and social care partners, SENAR:

  • Conducts education, health and care (EHC) needs assessments ensuring the participation of children, young people and their families throughout this process.
  • If a child or young person has an EHC Plan, maintains their EHC Plans by ensuring they receive the support and educational placement they require.
  • Reviews all EHC Plans at least annually to ensure children and young people continue to receive the right support for their identified needs.
  • Supports children and young people’s development to help them achieve the best possible educational and other outcomes, preparing them effectively for adulthood

SENAR Teams

The SENAR service is split across 5 key areas:

  • Assessment – this team is responsible for the activity in relation to an education health care needs assessment
  • Reviews – this team is responsible for the annual reviews of education health care plans
  • Complaints and Mediation– this team is responsible for complaints and mediation requests
  • Tribunals – this team is responsible for tribunal/appeal hearings in relation to education health care plans and the education health care needs assessment process
  • Quality & Improvement – this team is responsible for monitoring the quality of statutory functions completed by the service teams and supporting the overall SEND improvement journey with a focus on the statutory functions within SENAR

Find Your Case Officer

Important Information

Please note that the following SENAR structure documents are subject to change. Please refrain from saving the individual document links, as we want to ensure the most up-to-date information is available to you. If you would like to save a link for quick access to the SENAR documents, we recommend saving the overall page link listed below.

Here you will find the latest structure chart for our SENAR service, as well as information about how to find the case officer assigned to your child or young person, or your school or setting.

We regularly update the service structure so you can find your allocated case officer, senior case officer and the service manager. By using this document, you can find officers phone numbers and email addresses.

If you already know the name of the education setting you or your child/young person is attending, you can use this document to find out your allocated officer. It will show you officers from our 0 to Year 8 teams and our Year 9 to 25 teams as applicable.

If your child is not currently attending a school or a setting, you can find out who your case officer is by using your home postcode from this document. It will show you officers from our 0 to Year 8 teams and our Year 9 to 25 teams as applicable.

SENAR Communications Pledge

This pledge has been thoughtfully created to set clear expectations for respectful and positive interactions between SENAR and all stakeholders. It also defines response timelines to ensure everyone understands when to anticipate a reply to their correspondence.

Download the Communications Pledge

SENAR Complaints

If you are unhappy with your experience with the SENAR service, you can submit a formal complaint using the button below.

Make a Complaint