SEN Support is one of the key issues parents and carers contact us about on both IPSEA and Contact’s helplines. 

We've partnered with Contact to find out more about your experiences of getting support for your child or young person’s special educational needs (SEN) in England. How does your child or young person’s nursery, school or college support their needs if they don't have an education, health and care (EHC) plan in place?

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What is SEN Support?

Mainstream nurseries, schools and colleges must provide SEN Support within existing resources for children with SEN. As well as support for learning needs, this could also include support for SEN related to other things such as communication and interaction, social emotional and mental health and/or sensory issues.

Contact and IPSEA have developed a survey to understand more about the type of SEN Support nurseries, schools, and colleges are offering. We want to know if SEN Support is regularly reviewed and is helping children progress.

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Why is this survey important?

Contact and IPSEA know from speaking to families every day that SEN Support can vary widely between education settings, and it is hard to tell whether schools and colleges are following what the law says about supporting children and young people with special educational needs.

The government has made clear that they are interested in looking to improve SEN Support. The Education Select Committee inquiry into "solving the crisis" directly asked whether SEN Support needs to be made a legal duty that schools must comply with.

Who can complete this survey?

You should only complete this survey if your child or young person lives in England and doesn’t have an EHC plan.

The survey should take no more than five minutes to complete.

This survey closes on Tuesday 4 March at 9am.

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If you have any questions, please get in touch with [email protected].