Kent
Parent advocacy and practical SEND help for families in Kent.
Use this page as a local starting point: the official Kent route for the 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.
IASK
Information, Advice and Support Kent is a free, confidential and impartial SEND information, advice and support service.
SEND Enquiries Hub
Kent's contact route for EHC assessment/plan updates, annual reviews, placements and general SEND enquiries.
EHC assessment and appeals
Kent publishes its assessment criteria, process, mediation support and appeal information.
Practical IYC routes
How to use the two systems together
Use Kent'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 18 August 2026 against the official sources linked on this page. See how we write, check and correct guidance.
Official Kent sources
Kent SEND Information Hub ↗Information, Advice and Support Kent (IASK) ↗Kent SEND Enquiries Hub ↗Kent mediation support and appeals ↗Reviewed 18 August 2026. Local routes can change; Kent County Council and relevant NHS services remain the source of truth for their current processes.