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IPSEA

Name of Organisation: IPSEA
Headline: Independent Panel for Special Educational Advice
What We Do: IPSEA is a registered charity offering free and independent advice to parents of children with special educational needs in England and Wales on:
  • local authorities’ legal duties to assess and provide for children with special educational needs;
  • exclusions of children with special needs/disabilities;
  • actions or inaction by local authorities and/or schools which discriminate against children with disabilities.

-IPSEA is a volunteer-based organisation and many of the volunteers providing telephone advice and Tribunal support are themselves parents of children with special educational needs who have been helped by IPSEA.

  • General Advice Line: 0800 018 4016

Advice on: Problems with schools; requesting statutory assessment; proposed statements; annual reviews; possible disability discrimination; exclusion from school, etc.

  • Tribunal Help Line : 0845 602 9579

Next-step advice on SEN appeals and disability discrimination claims to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal. When you call we will assess whether you need casework support.

Area: National

Town:
Address: Independent Parental Special Education Advice

Hunters Court Debden Road Saffron Walden

Postcode: CB11 4AA
Contact Person:
Telephone: 0800 018 4016

Email:
Website: http://www.ipsea.org.uk/

Services Offered: IPSEA aims to empower you to achieve the best possible outcome for your child. IPSEA is a charity funded completely by donations and grants. All of our advisers are unpaid volunteers working in their own time. IPSEA aims to provide independent advice and accurate information to parents whose children have special educational needs. Our service to parents is free and confidential.

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Disability Type: All Disabilities
Pat Mark Status: Not Yet Applied For


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Related Organisations: Southampton Parent Partnership Service, Southampton City Council Special Educational Needs Department (SEN), Oaasis, National Autistic Society

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