Definition of ALN (The Additional Learning Needs Code for Wales 2021)

“A child of compulsory school age or person over that age has a learning difficulty or disability if he or she

(a) has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of others of the same age, or

(b) has a disability for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010 which prevents or hinders him or her from making use of facilities for education or training of a kind generally provided for others of the same age in mainstream maintained schools or mainstream institutions in the further education sector.”