Latest News for Parents & Carers

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 about their legal powers and rights.

Contact has created The helpful guide for families with disabled children is our all-in-one book with all the information and help families need to enjoy life.

This new interactive guide aims to help families of children and young people in England with life-limiting conditions join-up their assessments, plans and services across education, health and social care. This is a free download from The Council for Disabled Children.

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.

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 recommendations, the improvements they have agreed to implement, and the LGO published decisions – all in one place!