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How SEND Advocacy Can Help You Navigate the Education System
SEND Advocacy can advise and support you at every stage of your child’s educational journey, from nursery or preschool through to secondary
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The Importance of Advocacy in Education: A Guide for Parents
Advocacy in education aims to address disparities in access to support so that all children are provided with equal opportunities to thrive.
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The Role of Child’s Advocacy in Education
The role of child’s advocacy in education is to ensure every child has access to the learning resources and support they deserve.
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Navigating the SEND System: A Guide for Parents
SEND Advocacy recognises the difficulties faced by parents and carers, and the tools you need to successfully achieve the right education
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The importance of Parent Advocacy in the SEND System
SEND Advocacy is here to support you to support your child
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EHC Plan Content Appeals: Part 1
A blog post for parents and carers on how to appeal the content of an Education Health and Care Plan ("EHC Plan")
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What is Judicial Review?
A blog post on Judicial Review in the context of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND") law.
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What is Mediation?
A blog post about mediation in the context of appeals about EHC Plans in the area of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND").
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Refusal To Assess Appeals
A blog post about how to appeal the decision of a local authority not to carry out an Education Health and Care Needs Assessment ("EHCNA")
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What is an EHC Plan?
A blog post on Education Health and Care Plans ("EHC Plans") explaining what they are and how they help children with SEND.
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LSAs: It’s Not What You Do, It’s The Way That You Do It
For many parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (“SEND”) having dedicated 1:1 for their child in...
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School Placement Pending Appeal
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...
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What Is SEN Support?
All mainstream education settings have a legal duty under s.66 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (“CAFA”) to use their best...
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Exclusions Part 2 - Permanent
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...
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School Exclusions Part 1 - Fixed Term
According to the recent statistics released by the Department for Education (“DfE”) for 2023/4, children and young people with Special...
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What Is Emotionally Based School Avoidance?
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...
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Transport Part 2 - Post 16
This blog post looks at transport for Young People at Post 16 placements. Please see here for a post dealing with transport for children...
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Transport Part 1 - 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...
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What is an EHCNA? - 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...
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What is an EHCNA? - Part 1
EHCNA stands for Education Health and Care Needs Assessment. It is the first stage in the process of obtaining an Education Health and...
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