About SENDIASS
What does SEND Information, Advice and Support Service offer?
We provide impartial and accurate Special Educational Needs and Disability information, advice and support for:
- parents/carers
- children (0-15yrs)
- young people (16-25yrs)
We do not take sides, we aim to offer a wide range of services to help families make informed decisions and enable them to take an active role in the education of their child/young person. View the Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service leaflet.
We work closely with parents, carers, children and young people, schools and other statutory and voluntary agencies to offer:
- telephone and email advice and support.
- we can listen to your views and help you express them.
- information and support for parents/carers of children who have been excluded or are at risk of exclusion from school.
- support to enable you to prepare for meetings.
- facilitate parent events
Within this site you can find information about:
- How education settings support cihildren and young people with SEN and disabilities.
- Help to resolve disagreements around support for a child/young person.
- Information about Parent participation - helping to influence and shape services for disabled children.
- Information on parents' support groups and voluntary organisations locally and nationally.
- Information about benefits, entitlements and funds
- choosing a school for your child.
You can also access a number of leaflets/publications to download.
- SENDIASS guides including those to support young people aged 0-25
- E-Bulletin - a half-termly round-up of the latest news and events from SENDIASS, and other local and national organisations.
If you can't find it here
The service operates a self-referral system, where parents/young people contact the service directly. Please note you will be asked to leave your contact details to enable a Duty Officer to call you back within our service standard of 2 working days.
In exceptional circumstances a young person or parent who requires SENDIASS support may feel unable to make contact by themselves, in which case we recommend that a professional makes the initial contact on their behalf, ideally whilst the young person or parent is present.