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"The hope you give parents ​is nothing short of a miracle"
[a previous client]

How We Help​


​We help parents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) who are in dispute with their Local Authority (LA) to get a good Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for them. ​


We help if parents are trying to get an EHC Plan in the first place, or where they need help to appeal to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal because:    

  • They want to request their Local Authority (LA) to conduct an EHC Needs Assessment (we can draft a detailed letter for them to send to their LA requesting one);
  • Their LA has issued a draft EHCP, but they need help responding to it (we can draft a detailed letter for them to send in reply to the LA);
  • Their LA has refused to conduct an Assessment, has refused to make an EHCP following an Assessment, or has issued a final EHCP but has not put sufficient support in it and/or is not agreeing to name their preferred school (we help them here appeal to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal).  

​However, we also help parents in the following other situations:

  • Where they want to obtain 'expert' advice from independent professionals like an Educational Psychologist (EP), Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT), Occupational Therapist (OT), Physiotherapist (PT), or other education, health, or care professional, but are not sure who to approach, or what to ask them to do;
  • Where the LA has said that they are going to cease to maintain their child's EHC plan, but they disagree.​

WHY CHOOSE US

​Parents choose us to help them (usually after personal recommendations) as they know that we have considerable experience of SEN; a nationally acclaimed reputation in this field and an extremely high track record of settling or winning cases.  

​​Parents also choose us to help them 
as they know that we provide honest, independent, objective and the best specialist advice and support that they can get. We also work closely with parents, experts and schools during a case, as we have learnt from extensive experience that cases are won by presenting good evidence and having the best 'team' behind you.  

Parents also know that, as a small and niche specialist practice, we provide them with a very high level of personal service and we will only help parents where we genuinely believe that we can provide real and added value, so they always know in themselves that they have done the best that they can for their child. ​

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Read more: What Parents Say​

​T: 020-8349-7700 

E: [email protected]
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  • SEN LAW (FAQs)
  • SEN Law (videos)
  • TESTIMONIALS
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  • WHAT PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SEN NEED TO KNOW