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Resources
Keep Talking
It is always worth raising your concerns at the earliest opportunity with your child or young person’s school or setting and if appropriate with the…
Education Issues still not resolved? Next steps to consider
If you have tried meeting and talking and even mediation, then there are other avenues to explore. The key point you need to be sure…
What happens after the end of Year 11 for Young People with SEND?
This article is intended to explain how support for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) may differ once they have finished Y11…
Suspensions
It is a worrying time for you as a parent if your child is suspended from school. Many parents are not sure what will happen…
The first step: making a request to the Local Authority to assess my child’s Education Health and Care Needs (EHCNa)
Advice on providing the necessary information to the Local Authority at different stages during the EHCNa process. Making a parental request for an Education Health…
Education Health and Care Plans
Is an EHC Plan a legal document? Which sections are legally binding? The EHC Plan is a legal document, and the Local Authority must secure…
A parent’s guide to Outcomes
Outcomes focus on helping children and young people with SEND to make progress towards what they hope for their futures. Why are they called ‘outcomes’?…
SEN Support at School
One in five children will need some extra help at school or nursery. Here we provide information about how to work with schools to identify whether your…
Getting the most out of meeting if your child has Special Educational Needs
As a parent or carer of a child with Special Educational Needs (SEN), you will be invited to meetings about your child at school or…
Considering Elective Home Education when your child has SEND
A brief checklist for parents of children with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) IMPORTANT If you are electively home educating and have made suitable arrangements…
SEN Support in Further Education colleges
Further education colleges receive a nationally agreed formula-based core budget for all their students. They also have additional funding to provide support for students with…
SEN Support in mainstream schools
What is SEN Support? All children learn in different ways and make differing rates of progress. Some children find learning harder than others, perhaps in…