(IPSEA) Independent Provider of Special Education Advice

If you are requesting changes and amendments to an EHC plan, you will need to provide evidence to support the changes you want made. Please note that there are page limits in this type of appeal, so think carefully about what evidence best supports your appeal. The SEND Tribunal has been clear what it does not want parties to submit as evidence, and we set this out on our eviden...

First, check what your initial case directions (sent with the registration letter) say. These may set out what information your local authority (LA) had to provide. If so, this will usually be listed at the end of the directions. If the initial case directions do not set out exactly what the LA had to provide in its response, then that does not mean your LA could refuse to prov...

The evidence deadline has some flexibility. If arrangements have been made for a particular assessment beyond that deadline, then you can ask the SEND Tribunal to extend this deadline using the Request for Change form (Form SEND 7) (having sought the LA’s view first). This may result in a postponement of the hearing. However, if your hearing date is some time away and extending...

8 October 2026 The Save Our Children’s Rights campaign today published an Open Letter calling on the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Education to reconsider proposals that could weaken existing legal rights and protections for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. The Open Letter has been signed by celebrit...

Date: Monday 14 December 2026 Duration: 5.5 hours (09:45 - 15.15, including breaks and Q&A) Format: virtual, via Zoom webinar Aimed at parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), this one-day training has been developed as a guide for parents who already have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan in place for their child. Please ...