IPSEA is a national charity providing free legally based advice to families who have children with special educational needs. All our advice is given by trained volunteers.

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More and more parents are asking IPSEA about Academies and their duty to make provision for children with SEN. A number of common issues are emerging. Please help us find out what is happening as schools become Academies. We will use your feedback to produce resources that will help with common issues.

IPSEA is a volunteer based charity providing free legally based SEN advice and support. Our resources are stretched - so we cannot reply to feedback or requests for advice made via this survey. 

For individual help please call our advice line on 0800 018 4016. 



Before you begin, please provide your email address:



1. Please tell us how you are involved with SEN / Academies



 

2. If your child already attends (or is going to attend) an Academy, which of the following is it (or will it be)?


3. How are your child's SEN supported?


 

4. Please tell us about any issues you may have had with getting support for your child at an Academy. These may include: being placed on a part time timetable, having less provision for their needs, being told that the Academy does not have to make SEN provision, being told that the school is not suitable since becoming an Academy, being told that things will be different now that the school is an Academy
 

5. Has your child been excluded from their Academy?



6. Have you been able to sort out any difficulties to do with your child's SEN with the Academy?


7. If you would like to tell us which local authority your child's Academy is in, please do so here (safe in the knowledge that all information you provide in this survey will be confidential).

8. Please use the box below to tell us anything else you want to share about your experience of SEN provision in an Academy. If you are happy for us to contact you about using your experience as an anonymous case study, please give us your name.