Parent Partnership links

Local services

There are many support services within Bedfordshire County Council and these are listed below.

You can find general information on the Councy Council's responsibility for Special Educational Needs and Inclusion |(opens new window)

The Assessment and Monitoring Team| (opens new window) manage the assessment of special education needs.

The Psychology and Specialist Support Service now includes the following teams, the Psychology and Advisory Support team|, (opens new window) the Sensory Impairment and Music Therapy Team| (opens new window) and the Early Years Support team| (opens new window).

The Inclusion officers |(opens new window) can give advice about exclusions.

Grey's Education Centre| (opens new window) is Bedfordshire's Pupil Referral Unit for excluded pupils or pupils who are at risk of exclusion.

The Behaviour Support Team| (opens new window) is managed by Grey's and is based at various centres in the county.

If you are considering home educating your children, you may like advice from the Elective Home Education Service |(opens new window)

Bedfordshire School Admissions| ( opens new window) - For information about school admissions, how to apply, when you'll hear or how to appeal

Bedfordshire school admission appeals| (opens new window)

National Agencies

The Advisory Centre for Education| (ACE) (opens new window) has a telephone helpline, texting service and on-line information

SENDIST| is the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal Service and offers an independent route for educational appeals

Department for Education and Skills| (DfES) (opens new window)
Parent Partnerships
Success in the education of children depends, at least in some part, on the involvement of their parents.

Department for Education and Skills| (DfES) (opens new window)
School Admissions
The School Admissions Code came into force on 28 February 2007 and applies to all maintained schools and Academies when setting their admission arrangements for September 2008 and subsequent years.

Directgov| (opens new window)
Support for special educational needs: parent partnership services and other organisations

National Parent Partnership Network| (opens new window)
This site contains information on the work of the National Parent Partnership Network (NPPN), how to contact a local parent partnership organisations as well as various publications.

Parents Centre| (opens new window)
Admissions and applications

Pippin| (opens new window)
PIPPIN (Parents In Partnership - Parent Infant Network) is a National Charity whose main aim is to maintain and improve the emotional health of families through one of the most critical stages in people's lives - the period surrounding the birth of a new baby.