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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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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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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 Annual Review?
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...
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What Is A Phase Transfer?
Phase Transfers refer to the times at which a child or young person moves between phases of education[1]. There are six in total,...
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Choosing A School: Part 1
A blog post on choosing a school with an EHC Plan for parents/carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities ("SEND")
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Why Specify and Quantify?
One of the more enduring #SENDMyths concerns the degree to which provision in section F of an Education and Health Care Plan (EHC Plan)...
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What is EOTAS?
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...
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What is an Occupational Therapist?
Occupational Therapists (OTs) are healthcare professionals. They support people to recover from injury and/or overcome the barriers that...
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What is SEND Advocacy?
What is SEND Advocacy? SEND Advocacy, as the name suggests, is advocacy centred around SEND law, policy and practice. SEND stands for…
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