I see you.
Practical help and steady support for parents going through EHCP and EOTAS — especially when your child is autistic or has a PDA profile and school isn’t built for them. I’ve been through it myself.
Come at any stage — even if you’ve been told there’s no point. A school told me not to bother applying for an EHCP. I did anyway, and I’m glad I didn’t listen. You don’t have to take this on by yourself.
Wherever you are in it.
For when the free services can’t stretch far enough and a solicitor is more than you need. I can do the practical work, be the person you think it through with, or both at once — the part that’s hard to find anywhere else. Tap any stage for what’s involved.
Working out the right routeIs EOTAS realistic — before you spend energy on the wrong thing?
A proper conversation, a read through whatever you’ve already got, and an honest view of your options and the next step. You come away knowing what’s worth pursuing — written up if that’s more use to you than just talking.
Getting an EHC needs assessmentEOTAS almost always needs an EHCP behind it. This is where you start.
Completing the assessment request, tailored to how your local authority actually works; reviewing and organising the evidence you have; and drafting the request so it sets out your child’s needs clearly and why what’s on offer isn’t enough.
Building the EOTAS caseThe argument that the right provision isn’t a school place.
Setting out why education otherwise than at school meets your child’s needs, shaping the package and the evidence behind it, and getting it properly reflected in the plan — the needs in Section B, the provision in Section F, the placement in Section I.
Annual reviews — keeping it in placeProvision you’ve won still has to be held onto.
Reviewing the plan before the meeting, prepping you for it (or being there with you), and checking the amended plan afterwards to make sure it still says what it should.
If it comes to a tribunalSometimes the answer is no and you appeal. You won’t do it alone.
I’ll help you prepare your case and your evidence, and support you through the process. This one’s priced case by case, and we’ll talk all of it through before anything’s agreed — no surprise costs.
This isn’t an agency, and your child isn’t a case number. Whichever stage you’re at, it’s the same person — me — who knows your situation, knows the law, and knows what the process does to a family. The aim is to make this feel less like one more faceless system and more like having someone who actually gets it on your side.
Clear prices, plainly.
You’ve enough to think about. Most people start with the first one.
Where you stand, and what I’d do next. A proper conversation, my reading time, and an honest written summary — or a letter to the local authority, if that’s more use. The usual first step.
The whole request, put together properly. The assessment request completed, your evidence reviewed and shaped into a clear case. A fixed price, so you know it upfront.
Someone alongside you for the whole stretch. The work kept moving, and somewhere to bring the hard days. Stop whenever you need to.
Other one-off work is £130 an hour. Tribunal support is priced case by case — always talked through before anything’s agreed.
These are priced for the work involved. I also keep three or four places a year for families who can’t afford it — if that’s you, just say so when you get in touch. No surprises, and no meter running in the background.
I’m a SEND advocate, IPSEA-trained in the law. Alongside this work I lecture and supervise at postgraduate level in mental health and education, so I understand both how the system is meant to work and what it does to people once they’re inside it. Helping you make sense of what’s actually going on for your child is part of the job, not an extra.
I’ve been through the EHC needs assessment, EHCP and EOTAS for my own child, in more than one country — different systems, the same children getting misread in much the same ways. I know what the process costs, and not only the child everyone’s focused on. It’s hard on you, on their brothers and sisters, on whoever’s holding the household together, and I work with that rather than treating the child’s case as the only thing in the room.
English and German are my first languages, and I also work in French, Urdu and Hindi. I’ve lived and worked in several countries, so I understand what it’s like to face an unfamiliar system in a language that isn’t your own. You don’t have to be from here, or do this in perfect English, to work with me.
I won’t promise you a particular outcome, but I’ll give you an honest read of where you stand, do the work properly, and stay with it.
My work focuses on advocacy, lived experience, and neurodiversity.
Where are you based?
UK-based. Most of the work happens online, by video or phone, wherever you are.
Do I have to commit to a package?
No. Start with one conversation. Plenty of people never need more, and you’re never locked in.
My child has no diagnosis yet — can you help?
Yes. You don’t need a diagnosis to start an assessment or work out your next step. We begin from wherever you are.
Is this only for tribunals?
No. Much of what I do happens long before that — often so things never reach tribunal at all.
Start with a conversation.
The first step is always a chat. Pick whichever feels right — no pressure either way.
Book a free 20-minute call to see whether I’m the right person to help. It’s not a consultation in itself — just a chance to get a feel for it before you commit to anything.
Book a free intro chatBook a full consultation — an hour to get clear, work out what’s possible, and decide your next move.
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