Medway

Parent advocacy and practical SEND help for families in Medway.

Use the official Medway Local Offer for the local process and services, then use In Your Corner's guidance and tools to organise the evidence, questions and next action.

In Your Corner serves families in Medway. We are independent from Medway Council, Medway SENDIAS, schools and NHS services and will signpost to them where they are the correct route.

Official Medway SEND routes

Medway SEND Information Hub

Medway's Local Offer brings together education, EHCP, health, social care and family-support information.

Medway SENDIAS

Medway SENDIAS provides free and impartial SEND information, advice and support to children, young people and families.

EHC needs assessment

Medway publishes parent and school request routes plus a 20-week EHC assessment timeline.

Disagreement routes

Medway publishes information about Way Forward meetings, mediation and First-tier Tribunal appeals.

Practical IYC routes

SEND & EHCP EHC assessment refused School access Reduced timetable Reasonable adjustments Autism & ADHD pathways Right to Choose Practical toolkits

How IYC fits alongside local services

Use Medway's official information for the current process, forms and public-service contact routes. IYC's role is different: helping a family turn a complicated situation into a clear chronology, evidence map, set of questions and next action.

Written & reviewed by William McAllister, Founder, In Your Corner.

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 Medway sources

Medway SEND Information Hub / Local Offer ↗Medway family support, including SENDIAS ↗Medway: requesting an EHC needs assessment ↗Medway: appeal an EHC assessment decision ↗

Reviewed 18 August 2026. Medway Council and relevant NHS services remain the source of truth for their current local processes.