Assessment refused

Where you are

The council said no to assessing. You can go to mediation and appeal to the SEND Tribunal. Parents win most of these appeals.

Contact mediation or lodge your appeal

You have 2 months from the date of the decision letter to appeal to the SEND Tribunal. Unless the appeal is only about the school named, you must first contact a mediation adviser and get a certificate (you do not have to actually mediate). Your appeal deadline then becomes 1 month from the certificate, if that is later.

Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (HESC) Rules 2008, rule 20(1)(a); CFA 2014 s55