Home-to-school transport aged 5-16

IPSEA is frequently contacted by parents facing difficulties with home-to-school transport. The law in this area is quite complicated and there is a lot of confusion around what a local authority’s duties are. There is more detail about this in IPSEA’s information on...

The Legal and Unlawful use of Exclusions

The National Children’s Bureau, the Association of School and College Leaders and IPSEA, have published a guide to the legal and unlawful use of exclusions and other practices such as off-rolling. Schools, parents and pupils alike will benefit from clear information...

School Transport: A Case Study

This case study demonstrates a good clear methodical approach to overturn a local authority decision on school transport which could have potentially prevented the child making a successful transfer to secondary school.

Check up on your Local Authority

The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has launched a new interactive map that allows people to see how their local authority is performing. The map collates the annual letters sent to each local authority, gives details on how often they have complied with LGO...