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SEND: Guide for parents and carers

The Parents’ Guide to the Special Educational Needs and disability (SEND) reforms is available to download from the GOV.UK website.    This guide explains how the system that supports children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities works. It covers: the law and statutory…

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea - Schools information

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea lies to the northeast of Wandsworth, on the other side of the River Thames over Battersea, Albert and Chelsea Bridges. Kensington and Chelsea has 26 primary schools, five secondary schools, and two special schools. Children and young people who live in Wandsworth…

yourDSA

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This website can help students and their families understand what the disabled students' allowance (DSA) is, how to apply for it, how to arrange a needs assessment, how much funding you will get if you are eligible and much more.  The website includes a Disabled Students' Road…

Supported Internships for young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Supported internships for young people with special educational needs (SEN) is a national scheme introduced by the Department for Education to help young people aged 16 to 24 with special educational needs and disabilities (including complex learning difficulties) to find work. The scheme is run by further…

Education Funding Agency

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) manages £54 billion of funding a year to support all state-provided education for 8 million children aged 3 to 16, and 1.6 million young people aged 16 to 19. The servvice also offers educational support to…

Kingston College

Kingston College is a major provider of higher education in southwest London. This college of Further, Higher and Adult Education is based in Kingston Upon Thames and currently has five sites in the town. At Kingston College you can study a vocational course, A Levels, Apprenticeships, GCSEs or…

Dyslexia Action

Dyslexia Action is a national charity that takes action to change the lives of people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties. Dyslexia is a hidden disability that affects approximately 10% of the population to varying degrees. It doesn’t affect intelligence but predominately causes difficulties with reading,…

British Dyslexia Association

The BDA promotes early identification of specific learning difficulties (SpLD) and support in schools to ensure opportunity to learn for dyslexic learners. They aim to influence government and other institutions to promote a dyslexia friendly society, that enables dyslexic people of all ages to reach…

Service children and young people, statutory assessments of Education Health and Care (EHC) needs

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When a Service child or young person, 0-25 years old, requires a statutory assessment of their Education Health and Care (EHC) needs, the local authority must seek advice from the Children’s Education Advisory Service (CEAS).  CEAS is part of the Ministry…

Communities Empowerment Network (CEN)

CEN provides advice, support and representation following school exclusions. CEN aims to restore relationships between the home and school and assist to successfully reintegrate children back into mainstream education. CEN offers expertise in working with excluded…