SEND Advocacy Blog

This is the second of a 2-Part blog post on Exclusions and looks at Permanent Exclusions (“PEx”). The first post on Fixed Term Exclusions...

According to the recent statistics released by the Department for Education (“DfE”) for 2023/4, children and young people with Special...

It is a truth universally acknowledged in the world of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND") that behaviour is communication . Regrettably, this truth does not seem to have reached those responsible for devising and implementing school behaviour policies. the Recent years have seen enthusiastic adoption by many schools of a Zero Tolerance approach towards even minor deviations from what are frequently very strict behaviour rules; which run the gamut from bullyi

If you are a parent or carer of a child or young person with Special Educational Needs (“SEN”) it is likely that you will have come...

This blog post looks at transport for Young People at Post 16 placements. Please see here for a post dealing with transport for children...

This is Part 1 of a 2-Part series of blog posts on SEN Transport and considers the position for children of compulsory school age. Part 2...

This is the second of a two-part Blog post on the Education Health and Care Needs Assessment ("EHCNA") process and looks at what happens when the local authority agrees to carry one out. Part 1, which looked at requesting an EHCNA can be found here . Once a local authority has agreed to conduct an EHCNA, the steps they must take and the time allowed to complete those steps, are governed by law and set out in the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Regulations 2014 (“ t

EHCNA stands for Education Health and Care Needs Assessment. It is the first stage in the process of obtaining an Education Health and...

Earlier this year the government published various consultation documents relating to updating guidance on school attendance and the...

An Annual Review, as the name suggests, is a yearly review of a child or young person’s Education and Health Care Plan (“EHC Plan”) and...

A blog post on phase transfers for parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND").

Choosing A School with an Education Health and Care Plan The first blog post in this two-part series looked at the legal framework governing how to choose a school with an Education Health and Care Plan ("EHC Plan"). This post focuses on the two most common reasons why parents and carers appeal placement: namely that a school (or college) is either too full or too expensive. It is much rarer for a local authority to argue that a school is unsuitable (and in the case of mains