SEND Advice Surrey
Providing impartial information, advice and support to parents of children with special educational needs (Formerly known as 'SSIASS' and 'Surrey Parent Partnership')
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COVID-19
Qwell: Online Emotional Wellbeing Support for Surrey Parents and Carers
How To Use Microsoft (MS) Teams
Child-friendly explanation of the coronavirus
All About Me In Lockdown (resource)
Update from Global Mediation – March 2020
Who is Who in Early Years and Useful Information for Providers
Guidance on Tribunal Hearings
Educational Psychology offer during COVID-19
SEND Tribunal – Update for volunteers, parents and carers
COVID-19 – Not enough support from the LA / School during COVID-19 by IPSEA
Template Letters: Complaining when the LA / School is not using reasonable endeavours to secure special educational provision in an EHCP during the COVID-19 pandemic
Government Guidance during COVID-19 IPSEA guidance – March 2020
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Schools
Academies
Academy Funding Agreements
Funding agreements
Access Arrangements
Bullying
Choosing a school
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Factsheet (PDF)
Funding for SEN in mainstream schools
Having difficulties or not making progress
Help in exams / access arrangements (IPSEA)
Individual Education Plans (IEP)
Information that should be available to you
Out of school/no school place?
Preparing for the move to secondary school
Role of the SENCO
SEND support arrangements
SEN Support in mainstream schools
Special arrangements for pupils taking tests in KS1/2
Transport
School transport (LGSCO information sheet)
Advocacy
Annual review
EHC plans: Worries about choosing a secondary school
Flow chart
Refusing to attend school due to mental health needs
Timeframes
What is an Annual Review?
Appeals, tribunals and mediation
Appeals – After lodging your appeal
Appeals – email from Tribunal after a new appeal (SEND 35)
Appeals – Flow Chart
Appeal – How to complete the SEND 35a form (for a Refusal to Assess Appeal)
Appeals – Mediation
Appeals – Refusal to Assess
Appeal Process – Consent Orders
Appeals Process – Position Statement OR Chronology List / Timeline
Appeal Process – Refusal to Issue an EHCP
Appeal Process – Terminology
Appeal Process – Working Document and a Tribunal Bundle
If you don’t agree with a decision
Legal Aid for educational law matters
Mediation
Advice
One-page guide to challenging an EHCP decision (PDF)
Refusal to Assess pack (IPSEA)
Compliments, comments and complaints
Compliments, comments and complaints
Judicial Review from IPSEA
Adult social care complaints
NHS England – making feedback, concerns and complaints easier
What if I do not agree with decisions about SEN provision?
EHCPs
After you have checked a Plan (PDF)
Banding, special educational provision and EHC plans
‘Best Endeavours’ duty
Ceasing an EHCP
Checking an EHCP
Concerns about an education, health and care plan
Changing an EHCP
EHCP and the section contents (PDF)
EHCP Planner (PDF)
EHC plans
EHC needs assessments
The duty to specify
Requesting Reassessment
Early Years
Early Years SEND Advisors
Meetings
Moving to Surrey
Out of school
Educating your child or young person at home – Elective Home Education (EHE)
Getting temporary education put in place
Support from the LA if my child is out of school for any other reason
Personal Budgets
Benefits and tax credits (contact.org)
Contact information sheet (PDF)
Local Offer guidance
Personal budgets for SEND
Post 16
Apprenticeships
Education entitlement for post 16
Employability
Extra help in education (Contact)
Employability (CfDC)
Life skills
Moving to adult social services
Moving to adult social services (CfDC)
SEN Support process
How it’s funded
In mainstream schools
Social care
If your child isn’t getting the right social care support
If your child’s care package is reduced
Model Letters
Asking for an early review of an EHC plan (template letter)
Asking for help in exams (template letter)
Chasing a final EHCP (template letter)
Complaining about failure to make provision in an EHCP (template letter)
Complaining when an LA refuses to consider the school you want in your EHC plan (template letter)
Complaining when the LA does not respond to assessment request (template letter)
Complaining when the assessment is not carried out properly (template letter)
Complaining when annual review not completed (model letter)
Complaining when you do not receive your draft or final plan on time (model letter)
Chasing a final EHCP (template letter)
Bullying first contact and formal complaint (template letters)
Making a request for an EHC needs assessment (template letter)
Objecting to proposed amendments to EHC plan (template letter)
Requesting an EHCP to be finalised (after 15th Feb)
Requesting a re-assessment (template letter)
Responding to your draft EHC plan (template letter)
Right to subject access request (template letter)
School refusal letter to school (template letter)
Template Letters: Complaining when the LA / School is not using reasonable endeavours to secure special educational provision in an EHCP during the COVID-19 pandemic
Policies & Legislation
Surrey policies
Children, Schools and Families privacy notice
Complaints
Corporate privacy notice
Policy for dyslexia
Right Provision at the Right Time
Surrey Short Breaks for Disabled Children
Travel Assistance Policy: 0-25 years
Privacy notice
Legislation
Children and Families Act 2014, Part 3
The ‘Best Endeavours’ duty
The Equality Act 2010 (Disablity) Regulations 2010
SEND Code of Practice 0-25 years
SEND Regs 2014
What is the SEND Code of Practice?
Links
SEND information and advice providers
Ambitions About Autism toolkit
Cerebra
Contact (charity)
Overview (WORD)
Council for Disabled Children (CDC)
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
National Autistic Society Surrey Branch
(Early Years) SEND Advisors
SEND Team contact details
Family Information Service
Family Voice Surrey
Special Needs Jungle
IPSEA
Local Offer Guide (CDC)
Surrey Local Offer
Timeframes
CDC Annual Review Timetable (PDF)
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