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Parent Partnership Service

Offering help and support for parents of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

The service has a role in making sure that parents views are heard and understood.

The SEN & Disability Act 2001 established a statutory duty for Local Authorities (LA)  to make arrangements for parent partnership services from January 2002 and the SEN Code of Practice 2001 provides national minimum standards for those services.

In Sutton the Parent Partnership Service operates at arm's length from the LA out of its office based in Wandle Valley school.

If your child has been excluded from school please follow the links to ACE (Advisory Centre for Education) and IPSEA (Independent Panel for Special Education Advice) below.

Sutton Parent Partership Service Contact Details


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About the Sutton Parent Partnership Service

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Sutton Parent Partnership Service supports parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs living in Sutton.

Sutton Parent Partnership Information Leaflets

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We regularly update leaflets to reflect changes in legislation or practice. If you would like us to send you hard copies, please contact us on 0208 640 4541 Please note all the links will open in a new window and you will need Adobe Reader to view them.

Special Educational Needs Transition

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The Parent Partnership offers support to parents and carers of children in the Transition Years of Year 5 and Year 9. We appreciate that thinking about a secondary school for your child and also what your child will do after leaving school mean difficult choices have to be made.

Choosing a Secondary School

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We aim to support and guide parents through the complex secondary schools admission system.

Sutton Parent Partnership - Newsletters

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In Spring 2008 Parent Partnership started to produce termly newsletters to reach as many parents as possible of children with special education needs. These can be downloaded here.

Parent Partnership Services on YouTube

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Our national network has produced a couple of short videos showing the work of Parent Partnership Services. These are available to view on YouTube through the National Parent Partnership Network website.