Doncaster Council

About the Parent Partnership

The overall aim of the service is to provide a menu of flexible services for parents whose children have Special Educational Needs in order to empower them to play an active and informed role in their child’s education. We aim to enable and empower parents to work in partnership with schools and the Local Authority to ensure the educational needs of their children are met. This includes access to an Independent Parental Supporter for those parents who want one.

Parent Partnership Service resulted from the 1993 Education Act when the Code of Practice for the Identification and Assessment of SEN was introduced. 

The core activities of parent partnership services are :-

• Working with parents   
• Information and publicity 
• Training, advice and support 
• Networking and collaboration 
• Helping to inform and influence local SEN policy and practice    

We feel that the best results are achieved by parents, schools and other agencies working together in partnership.