This document is a parent report on their experience of obtaining the right placement for their young person and has excellent information about costs of schools, transport and presenting your case. This is a parent experience but this is a parent who has educated herself about the law that applies to schools placements, transport, reasonable costs, etc.
The Department for Education issued new guidance on school transport in June 2023: Travel to school for children of compulsory school age: Statutory guidance for local authorities (pdf). Although the underlying law (s508 Education Act 1996) has not changed since it was inserted into the Act in 2006, this is the third version of the guidance that has been issued.
What is it?
This document has information about the protocol LBR follow with regard to the transition of young people in the following services: Education, Social Care, Health, Children Looked After and Transport. Like the Pathways document it starts at age 14 and goes up to 18 or 19 depending on the service.