Maria Bloom on behalf of IPSEA (Independent Provider of Special Education Advice) will be delivering a bespoke training session for special schools on what they need to know about the law. Topics include:

• The local authority’s duty to consult with schools
• Conditional duties on local authorities to name a school in an EHCP
• The local authority’s duty to secure the special educational provision set out in an EHCP
• A school’s duty to admit (subject to the school’s status)
• Legal duties in relation to annual reviews of EHC plans
• A school’s duty not to discriminate against disabled pupils
• A brief update on the Government’s White Paper on SEND

About IPSEA
All children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have a legal right to an education that meets their individual needs. But many tens of thousands of children and young people with SEND are not getting the support they are legally entitled to. At IPSEA, we are here to change that.

We are the leading charity in the field of SEND law in England, and we provide free and independent legal advice and support to families of children and young people with SEND. We also provide training on the SEND legal framework, and we influence policy at both a local and national level.

About the presenter
Maria has worked for organisations providing legally based advice and information about special educational needs since 1997. As part of IPSEA’s legal team Maria works with IPSEA’s volunteers delivering training to them whether they are new or existing. She also provides them with legal support and is responsible for monitoring and supervising their work and assisting them by providing legal updates. Maria also delivers IPSEA’s programme of external training to parents, SEN experts, schools and local authorities as well as creating legally based written resources. Maria is Vice Chair of Governors at a local authority maintained Primary school where, not surprisingly, she takes the lead on SEN issues.

Booking deadline: 7^th November 2025
Cancellation deadline: 4^th November 2025

Please note, as this is a virtual training event you will require audio/visual capability i.e. desktop with webcam plus headphones and a microphone or laptop/device with microphone and camera.