As parents of children with special educational needs with first-hand experience of battling the maze, we are well-placed to provide independent advice on the following:

• SEN Support – advising on school-based support including the duties upon schools to meet the needs of all children with SEND
• Requesting an Education Health Care Needs Assessment
• Advice when the local authority refuses to carry out an EHC needs assessment
• Checking the contents of an EHCP for compliance
• Advice when the local authority refuses to issue an Education Health & Care Plan and issues an EHCP by another e.g. Provision Plan/Person Centred Plan
• Your rights on requesting a specific type and name of educational setting
• How to enforce the provision detailed in EHCPs
• Annual Reviews
• When the local authority proposes to change/amend EHCPs
• Mediation and Tribunal appeals