SEND Tribunal is the commonly used term for the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability), which is an independent national tribunal which hears parents’ and young people’s appeals against:

• Local Authority (LA) decisions about EHC needs assessments and EHCPs for children and young people with SEND.
• Schools about disability discrimination in general and where disability discrimination has led to the permanent exclusion of a child or young person with SEND.

Please see SEND Mediation and Tribunal Appeals and Disability Discrimination for more information on when and how to appeal.

Who to contact:

Telephone: 01325 289350 or 0300 303 5857

E-mail: send@justice.gov.uk

Website: www.justice.gov.uk/tribunals/send

Address

First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability)
1st Floor, Darlington Magistrates Court
Parkgate
Darlington
DL1 1RU
United Kingdom