Prepared pack route · 5 of 12
Section I placement — we prepare this appeal pack
If you disagree with the school or placement named in Section I, match this route below. We prepare your SEND35A appeal pack. You review it. You send it.
Appeal deadline: 2 months from the final EHCP. Mediation is not required for a Section I–only appeal, but check your decision letter. If you also appeal other sections, mediation rules for those sections still apply.
From £249 · you review before you send · not legal advice
Use this page as advice. If you want us to prepare the pack, match your situation or go to pricing — from what you already have.
What is your EHCP situation?
Tell us where you are. We match the document you need to send, then an assigned case professional prepares it. You review it. You send it.
I want to challenge a refusal or EHCP decision
Continues to your pack match — about 60 seconds.
What we prepare for this
Challenge to the plan · £449
Grounds or a letter when the plan, placement, provision or timescales are wrong.
- The document you send
- How to send it, and what to attach
- One revision round of factual corrections
One case professional prepares and checks it. You review it. You send it.
Typically 5 working days after we have what we need.
Other documents: request letter £249 · appeal grounds £349 · challenge to the plan £449
I disagree with the placement named in Section I. On the evidence, the named setting cannot adequately meet my child's needs as described in the professional advice. My preferred placement is suitable and can deliver the provision required.…
This situation maps to
Appeal: Section I placement
One of 12 EHCP routes we prepare — match above, then we draft the pack.
What we prepare
We prepare this pack for your route
Your pack includes placement-appeal materials — preferred setting suitability, placement comparison, and how to address common LA placement responses.
Draft wording for this route
SEND35A grounds and parent evidence structured around suitability of your preferred placement versus the named setting.
Common council responses
Mapped arguments about cost, suitability and “can be met in mainstream” — with how to address them.
Relevant SEND law
CFA 2014 s.38 (right to request certain schools) and s.39 (when the LA need not name the requested school). For independent schools not approved under s.41, Education Act 1996 s.9 (parental wishes) often still applies — suggested for your pack.
Example excerpt
Sample grounds wording for this route
Illustrative only. Your pack is prepared for your child's situation — you review it before you send.
I disagree with the placement named in Section I. On the evidence, the named setting cannot adequately meet my child's needs as described in the professional advice. My preferred placement is suitable and can deliver the provision required. I am appealing so that Section I names a placement that can secure access to education and the support specified in the plan.
- SEND35A grounds structure
- Placement comparison
- Suitability evidence summary
- Parent evidence summary
- Checks before download