Ms Helen Walsh:

Any school can appeal its current SNA allocation. They can do that from this point forward and into the future academic year. Regarding schools which have not had reviews yet, in an average year to date, the NCSE would have completed about 450 SNA allocation reviews over the course of the year. This year, with our own improved processes to try to streamline it, we completed at least 1,200 SNA reviews. By the time the circular issued, we paused at that particular point, but we immediately recommenced with schools to reschedule. Anybody who has a particular need, any school that has a child coming in with a medical or complex physical need, any school that has no SNA or any school that has a number of quite complex cases can make that application to us in the standard way. The NCSE will work on those applications right through July into August and we will complete any school that wants us out there from September onwards. No school will be left without a review, particularly in those most complex of cases. To reinforce that, a school can make an appeal at any point in time. It can decide to appeal in September or October and we will take that seriously and work through that completely.