Support for Children with SEND and EHCP

Applying for a primary or secondary school place for a child with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) or additional learning needs can feel confusing and overwhelming. This page explains how HSAMS supports families to secure placements that genuinely meet their child’s needs.

The challenge for SEND families

Many schools do not clearly set out what support they can offer a child with special educational needs or disabilities, even though they must follow the SEND Code of Practice and relevant guidance. This lack of clarity often leaves parents unsure how to judge whether a school can deliver the provision in their child’s EHCP.

Most primary schools are used to welcoming children with EHCPs, so applications are often more straightforward at that stage.
At secondary transfer, consultations are more frequently contested, and schools may argue that they cannot meet need or that admitting the child would be incompatible with the efficient education of others.

When the offered school is wrong

Local authority SEND teams often consult only the nearest schools to your home, rather than exploring a wider range of suitable options. Those schools may not offer the specialist support, environment, or ethos needed for your child to thrive.

Families who have worked hard to secure an EHCP can still find that, on allocation day, a school is named that is entirely unsuitable because options were never fully investigated.
Parents are sometimes reassured to “leave it all in our hands”, only to discover too late that the named school cannot deliver the provision set out in the EHCP or does not understand their child’s profile of needs.

How HSAMS can help

HSAMS supports parents to understand the process, challenge unsuitable placements where appropriate, and make informed choices about schools for children with SEND.

Explaining how EHCP consultations work for both primary and secondary transfer, what duties the local authority has, and what arguments schools can and cannot use.
Helping you identify realistic school options, including mainstream, schools with specialist resource bases, and special schools where appropriate, and how to evidence why they are suitable.

Expert guidance through a “minefield” of questions

Choosing the right school for a child with additional needs involves detailed questions that many parents do not know they are allowed to ask. HSAMS staff have experience of applications on behalf of children with special educational needs and can guide you through this process.

Helping you prepare targeted questions about curriculum access, sensory support, social communication, anxiety, behaviour, therapies, and how the school implements EHCP provision in practice.
Supporting you to compare schools using meaningful criteria, so that you can decide whether a proposed placement will genuinely meet your child’s needs and, if not, how to challenge or seek a different school.

Support alongside appeals and placement discussions

Support for SEND families can sit alongside standard admissions and appeal work, recognising that the legal framework for EHCP placements is different from ordinary oversubscription appeals.

Advising on the relationship between EHCP naming, SEN support, and the mainstream admissions process for siblings or non‑EHCP children.
Working with you to present a clear, needs‑led case when you are seeking a different school to be named, or when you are responding to a contested consultation by a preferred school.

Fees for SEND placement support

Support for SEND families is structured so that you can access clear advice at an early stage and, if needed, targeted help to identify suitable schools.

£95 per one‑hour initial consultation, used to review your child’s EHCP, current provision, and your priorities for primary or secondary transfer.
£450 for identifying up to four schools, either primary or secondary, that are most likely to secure the best outcomes for your child, including a clear rationale for why each school may be suitable.
If you choose to proceed with the £450 school‑identification service following your initial consultation, the £95 consultation fee will be deducted from the £450, and you will only pay the remaining balance for those services.

Request SEND/EHCP Application Assistance

The full fee will be payable in advance upon confirmation of the consultation, as I will need to conduct research before the meeting.

If you would like to proceed, please complete the form below and provide as much detail as possible.

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