Online training

Our online training allows you learn at your own pace, when and where it is most convenient for you. All of the online training courses are accompanied by comprehensive resources which you can keep for future reference.

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Parent or carer

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Parent group, school or charity with an income of less than £200k pa

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Parent group, school or charity with an income exceeding £200k pa

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Public or private sector employee

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Legal updates

Keep up to date with all the news in the SEND field with the quarterly IPSEA legal updateRead more

Latest

IPSEA responds to the Education Committee’s Special Educational Needs and Disability Inquiry

Our response explains that the Children and Families Act 2014 introduced a framework for supporting children and young people with SEND that requires a holistic approach to meeting their needs

SEND Tribunal – New 48 hour rule for postponement, withdrawal, concede or a consent order requests

From 20 June 2018 until the end of August 2018 the Tribunal is introducing a trial whereby these requests must be made a clear 48 hours before the date of the hearing

Upcoming training events

Our team deliver a variety of events across England, see what's in your area

Vacancy: Tribunal Support Service Coordinator

We are recruiting for a Tribunal Support Service Coordinator to coordinate IPSEA’s Tribunal Support Service which provides advice and support to parents appealing a decision to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SEND).

EHC needs assessments

An EHC needs assessment is an assessment of a child or young person’s education, health and care needs

Advice Line

Our Advice Line provides legally based information and next step advice on any educational issue that is the result of a child’s special educational needs or disability

Model letters

IPSEA model letters are available to download and amend for your own purposes

Asking for an EHC needs assessment

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Our vision and goals

We help children and young people with SEND get the appropriate education, training and support which they are entitled to under the law

Making a request for an EHC needs assessment: Model letter 1

Appealing to the SEND Tribunal

The SEND Tribunal is an independent national tribunal which hears parents’ and young people’s appeals against LA decisions about the special educational needs of children and young people

What happens in an EHC needs assessment

Tribunal Helpline

Our volunteers give next step advice on appeals and disability discrimination claims to the SEND Tribunal

How you can help IPSEA

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