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Local authorities (LAs) are required to arrange free, suitable, home to school transport for children of compulsory school age who are ‘eligible’, to their nearest suitable qualifying school (section 508B of the Education Act (EA) 1996). Eligible children fall within four groups, set out in Schedule 35 EA 1996: Children with SEN, a disability or a mobility difficulty...

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Below is the text from IPSEA's Chief Executive, Madeleine Cassidy, published in schools week. Published 27 Feb 2026. The long-trailed and much-leaked SEND white paper has been published. The government is billing it as a “radical expansion of rights”. Yet on first reading, several proposals seem poised to dilute long-established, hard-won legal protections that fami...

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Our Level 3 SEND law training is an advanced level training day designed for professionals advising or supporting families of children and young people with SEND. The content builds on the topics covered in our Level 1 and Level 2 training, with particular emphasis on gaining knowledge to support parents and young people to bring different types of appeal to the SEND Tribunal. ...

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