Kent
Parent advocacy and practical SEND help for families in Kent.
Use this page as a local starting point: Kent County Council's official routes for the formal process, then practical In Your Corner guidance for organising the evidence, questions and next action.
Official Kent SEND routes
Kent SEND Information Hub
Kent County Council's Local Offer covers education, health, social care, parent support and local SEND services.
Visit official information ↗IASK
Information, Advice and Support Kent is a free, confidential and impartial SEND information, advice and support service.
Visit IASK ↗SEND Enquiries Hub
Kent County Council's contact route for EHC assessment/plan updates, annual reviews, placements and general SEND enquiries.
Contact the SEND Enquiries Hub ↗EHC assessment and appeals
Kent County Council publishes information about EHC processes, mediation support and appeals.
View EHC and appeal information ↗Current Kent SEND update — September 2026
Ofsted and CQC found that services generally make a difference, but children and young people experience inconsistent support and outcomes. Inspectors identified issues including EHCP timeliness/oversight, variation in support, communication and preparation for adulthood. The report is useful system evidence, but an individual case still needs its own chronology and documents.
What happens next
Kent County Council and NHS Kent and Medway say additional monitoring, including the Accelerated Progress Plan, will close and a Local Area Strategic Plan will be finalised around six inspection priorities.
Read KCC's response ↗Keep up with changes
Our update watch brings together consequential Kent, Medway and national SEND/NHS changes and links back to the original public source.
Kent & Medway updates →Practical IYC routes
How to use the two systems together
Use Kent County Council's official information for the formal local process and contact routes. Use IYC where you need help making the problem easier to evidence and communicate: what was decided, what the evidence shows, what question remains unanswered and what the next appropriate route may be.
Practical parent-advocacy guidance, not legal or clinical advice. Reviewed 22 September 2026 against the official sources linked on this page. See how we write, check and correct guidance.
Official Kent sources
Ofsted: Kent area SEND inspection 2026 ↗KCC response to SEND inspection — 18 September 2026 ↗Kent SEND Information Hub ↗Information, Advice and Support Kent (IASK) ↗Kent SEND Enquiries Hub ↗Kent mediation support and appeals ↗Kent EHCP secondary phase transfers ↗Kent post-16 SEND transport assistance ↗Kent County Council Early Help for families ↗Reviewed 22 September 2026. Local routes can change; Kent County Council and relevant NHS services remain the source of truth for their current processes.