SEND Rights Clarity Tool

Sometimes the hardest part of SEND support is simply understanding what the next step might be.

Parents often find themselves asking questions like:

Is this SEN Support?
Should the school be doing more?
Should an assessment be discussed?

This reflection tool helps you look at the situation calmly and consider what kind of support pathway may be happening.

It does not give legal advice.

It simply helps you organise the situation in a clearer way.

Estimated time: about 5 minutes.

These tools are designed for reflection and preparation. They do not replace professional advice.

SEND Rights Clarity Tool

A calm reflection tool to help you understand what kind of SEND support situation may be happening right now.

Many parents know something is not working, but feel unsure what their child may actually be entitled to ask for.

This tool will not give legal advice or determine rights in a final way. It simply helps you reflect on common situations where SEN Support, further review, or EHCP assessment may need to be discussed more clearly.

1. Does your child already have an EHCP?

2. Has the school identified your child as having SEN or needing extra support?

3. Is your child making expected progress with the support currently in place?

4. Has SEN Support already been tried over time?

5. Are your child’s needs affecting daily school life in a meaningful way?

6. Are needs affecting wellbeing, behaviour, communication, or attendance?

7. Have you had difficulty getting the school to explain support clearly?

8. Have professionals outside school been involved or suggested further support?

9. Do you feel ordinary school support may no longer be enough?

10. Right now, what feels most needed?

Please answer all 10 questions before viewing your result.