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Who this is for, and not for

The SEND Support Pathways are right for you if:

• You are the parent or carer of a child aged 0–5 — these pathways are built for the early years, not school-age work.

• You’re navigating something specific — a transition, a setting situation, or a formal request to your local authority. The pathways are project-shaped, designed to deliver clear outcomes within defined windows.

• You want family-side support — someone who works for and with you, not for the local authority or the setting. You stay in the driver’s seat throughout.

They may not be the right fit if:

• Your child is older than five and in school — the pathways are calibrated for the early years and the specific systems that operate around that age range. Different work is needed in school-age SEND.

• You’re looking for ongoing case management or long-term advocacy — the pathways are time-bounded engagements with defined outcomes. They’re not a substitute for a SENDIASS adviser or a paid advocate.

• Your child’s situation needs medical or clinical assessment first — if the immediate need is diagnostic (paediatric, OT, SLT, psychology), the right starting point is medical input. I work alongside clinical care, not in place of it.

Not sure if any of these describe you? The discovery call is exactly where we work that out — together, honestly, with no pressure to choose.

A note on geography

I’m based in West Sussex, where in-person meetings are available within a 30-mile radius. Remote work is available across the UK — the statutory SEND framework is the same nationally, and the pathways are calibrated to your local authority wherever you are.

SEND Support Pathways

Specialist consultancy for early years families navigating additional needs.

How I work

Every part of this work runs through one principle:

Working alongside families, in partnership with their early years settings.

For families, that means I’m on your side. I champion your child, help you make sense of what’s happening, and give you the language and confidence to advocate for them. You are the expert in your child — my role is to bring specialist knowledge alongside yours, not over the top of it.

For settings, it means I come as a partner. The best outcomes for a child happen when the people around them are working together — and I see my job as helping that happen, never as standing in judgement of the people doing difficult work with limited resources.

What I am not is an inspector of settings, an adversary to your nursery or school, or a service designed to escalate every situation into conflict. Some situations do need escalation, and where they do, I’ll support you with that. But partnership comes first.

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Why families work with me

Three things that consistently matter to the families I work with:

• Genuine partnership, not adversarial advocacy — your setting won’t dread your meetings; they’ll have a stronger plan because of them. Better for your child, better for your ongoing relationship with the people caring for them every day.

• Deep specialist expertise in early years SEND — built across years of teaching, managing settings, qualifying as a SENCO, completing a Master’s in SEND Coordination, and four years leading SEND strategy at a local authority. The expertise is genuinely specialist.

• Time-bounded engagements with clear deliverables — you know what you’re getting, what it costs, and when it ends. No ongoing retainer, no scope creep, no being on the books long after the work is done.

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