SEND Advocacy Blog

A blog post about mediation in the context of appeals about EHC Plans in the area of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND").

Once a local authority has issued a Final Education Health and Care Plan (“EHC Plan”) the new setting named at Section I of the EHC Plan...

All mainstream education settings have a legal duty under s.66 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (“CAFA”) to use their best...

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...

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

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").

A blog post on choosing a school with an EHC Plan for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")

One of the more enduring #SENDMyths concerns the degree to which provision in section F of an Education and Health Care Plan (EHC Plan)...

Education doesn't have to be in a classroom EOTAS stands for Education Otherwise Than At School. It is a form of education funded by the...

Occupational Therapists (OTs) are healthcare professionals. They support people to recover from injury and/or overcome the barriers that...

A blog post about SEND Advocacy and SEND Advocates for parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilties ("SEND").