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Posted on: 04 Jun 2025

Client’s Story: 4 Year Old with Autism Secures Special School Placement After Successful Appeal

After her 4-year-old autistic son was refused a place at a special school, Ms S turned to Simpson Millar for help. The Local Authority had named a mainstream school in his EHCP, despite clear concerns about suitability. We challenged the decision at the SEND Tribunal, presenting strong legal and independent evidence. The Tribunal ruled in favour of Ms S, securing the special school placement her son urgently needed.

Posted on: 14 May 2025

Client’s Story: Tribunal Orders Local Authority to Assess Young Child’s Special Educational Needs After Unlawful Refusal

After Alex, a young child with complex communication needs, was unlawfully refused an Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA), his mother challenged the decision with help from Simpson Millar’s Education Law team. The SEND Tribunal ruled in their favour, ordering the Local Authority to carry out the assessment and highlighting widespread misapplication of the law. This judgment reinforces that existing support does not override the legal duty to assess a child’s needs under section 36(8) of the Children and Families Act 2014.

A man assisting his son with his homework

Posted on: 16 Mar 2023

Case Study: Parents Appeal Son’s EHCP to Achieve Place in Post-16 Specialist School

We recently helped two parents achieve a place in an Independent Specialist School for their 16-year old son with autism. We helped them lodge an appeal to the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Tribunal.

Posted on: 09 Feb 2023

Northern Ireland Nursery Settles in Discrimination Case Over Child with Downs Syndrome

Two parents in Northern Ireland recently took their daughter’s former nursery to court after claiming they discriminated against her. The nursery have admitted that the girl, who has Downs Syndrome, was treated less favourably than other children, and they failed to make reasonable adjustments.

Posted on: 06 Feb 2023

Mum Successfully Challenges Local Authority over Daughter’s School Place in JADR Hearing

We helped a mother gain a placement for her child in her preferred school during a Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution (JADR) Hearing, in a disagreement over travel costs.

Posted on: 13 Sept 2022

Case Study: Residential Placement Secured for Child in an Unsuitable School

We helped a child’s parents bring a judicial review and a positive ending in a case where the Local Authority were failing to provide suitable education.

Posted on: 04 Apr 2022

Parents Win Extra Support for Their Daughters Needs

The use of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) can divide opinions but Simpson Millar’s specialist solicitors within our Education Law team have been instructed in many cases where there has been evidence of its success. Just one example of this is when we acted for the parents of a six year old girl who we will refer to as J throughout this article for the purposes of maintaining client confidentiality and privacy.

Posted on: 06 Sept 2021

13-Year-Old Gets Access to Medication on Transport to School

In this Judicial Review case, we acted on a complex transport policy issue for A, a 13-year-old boy in Year 8 with an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

Posted on: 01 Aug 2019

Education Health and Care Plan Case Study

Our client’s son was in mainstream education but wasn’t being provided with adequate support, despite being diagnosed with autism. Learn how we helped

Posted on: 18 Feb 2019

Does a SEND Child Need a Waking Day Curriculum?

When making an appeal to the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) First-Tier Tribunal for a residential school placement, a point which is often in dispute is whether the child or young person’s needs require a ‘Waking Day Curriculum’.

Posted on: 08 Feb 2019

Case Study: Boy with ADHD Not Excluded from London Independent School

How we helped stop a child with ADHD from being excluded from school, which led to a full turn around in grades.

Posted on: 18 Jan 2019

Child with Verbal Dyspraxia Secures Specialist Residential Placement

Our Education Law Solicitors recently helped a family secure a residential place in an independent school for their year 7 child with severe developmental verbal dyspraxia.